Ultimately, Monterey Bay influences what seafood businesses buy and how it’s produced.” There are questions you can ask in the game - but also in real life - to help increase the demand for having sustainable seafood in those business establishments. “Players take on a consumer’s role as if they were going into a restaurant or grocery store. “We’re hoping to launch that next year,” Ms.
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Then those papers get submitted so that law and policy makers can make educated decisions on how to help protect sharks and, ultimately, the oceans, because sharks are the apex predator.” They invite scientists on board their boat and collaborate with these scientists, and the only thing they require is for the scientists to write scientific papers on the studies that they find. “We were ridiculously fortunate enough to connect with a reputable shark research organization called OCEARCH, which has a ton of followers,” she said. That ended up being a partnership with an established research organization. Baumgartner wanted to find a way to set OFG apart from its competitors. While that particular business model is not unique, Ms. As such, it manufactures and ships products without plastic, and also donates 10% of sales back to marine science research and education. She calls OFG an “ocean-friendly” business. “I started our family-owned business with a mission to create games, children’s books and outreach programs that educate people about the importance of our oceans and share how to help protect them for future generations,” Ms. The concept for such a company was actually in the works for several years before finally launching last fall. COURTESY PHOTOSĪnd that’s how Ocean Family Games was born. In addition, the number cards in the deck are illustrated with different sharks’ teeth. QR codes on the cards can be scanned by a smart phone to track the shark in real time. Face cards have 12 different sharks that OCEARCH has tagged and named. “As a former science educator, and with that desire, I knew I could reach more people than I could behind my classroom doors.”Ībove: Playing with a deck of Ocean Family Games playing cards. “I had always dreamed of running a business that helps make the world a better place,” Ms. Baumgartner teaching sixth-grade science for several years before deciding to become a stay-at-home mom. Baumgartner teaching marine science (while currently working on his master’s in education from the University of Florida), and Ms. “Initially I thought I wanted to do research,” she said, “but I fell into the education route through this internship, and later on helped manage the facility down there.”Īs a result, both ended up in education at Imagine School in North Port - Mr. Baumgartner developed a love for teaching.
The duo spent nearly six years there, living on boats and working their way through the ranks, teaching and training both students and staff in all areas of marine science. The Baumgartner family: Tucker, Peter, Anna Lee and Katherine. We had a little lake there and I would fish and boat the entire summer.” I grew up in Michigan but my family had a summer cottage in New Hampshire.
“My interest in the underwater world started as a kid. Baumgartner, who now resides in Port Charlotte. “I have been an ocean fan my entire life,” said Ms. How about a deck of standard playing cards that allows players to track sharks in real time? Or a board game that teaches the importance of eating sustainable seafood to maintain healthy oceans? The evolution of these as entertainment cum-teaching tools is as fascinating as the products themselves. Baumgartner’s love for all things marine not only made for a fascinating career, it also led to a family-owned business, Ocean Family Games Inc., that allows folks to have fun while learning about - and helping to preserve - sharks and other sea life. “Because it was the closest to the ocean that I could get,” she said. When Katharine Baumgartner was attending landlocked Michigan State University, she insisted on working in the saltwater department of a local fish store. Ocean Family Games’ deck of standard playing cards allows players to track sharks in real time.
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