Kids & Fishing is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create opportunities for school-age children to make positive changes for cleaner, healthier oceans.

Through established thought-provoking educational opportunities and interactive coastal activities, Kids & Fishing exposes children from underserved communities to the magnificence of marine life and the wonders of the ocean.

Our goal is to produce conscientious citizens and reward them with memories that will last a lifetime.

Inner-city teens often wander the streets with no hope or direction. Local rivers, lakes and oceans are too polluted for fishing or swimming.

Does that sound or look like the California dream to you?

You better look closer.

Goal 1: Get teens off the street

Goal 2: Create cleaner, healthier marine ecosystems

By creating a safe, supervised, fun program, we are assisting participants in developing skills they can use for future growth, responsibility, team work, accountability, and pride in seeing a task completed. We instill hope for a better world.

Our incentive-based program educates and expands young inspired minds through marine awareness. After participating in clean-ups, in-class lectures from Heal the Bay, and tours of local aquariums, the participants are rewarded for their efforts in coastal conservation, with a day of fishing. There is no fee charged to the participants of this program, as all of the costs are covered by donations and contributions.

Kids & Fishing is currently working to create cleaner oceans with the SEA Laboratory in Redondo Beach, California and the Los Angeles Conservation Corps (LACC), the largest nonprofit youth organization in the country. LACC’s Clean and Green environmental work and service program is an eight-week program for 13-17 year old participants who conduct community and volunteer work, as well as attend hands-on marine education at The SEA Laboratory.