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The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions, initiated and supported by the Packard Foundation, is a powerful example of coordinating action through a network approach. In 2006, the foundation connected together a group of NGOs all working on standards for sustainable seafood sourcing. The hope was to align the NGOs efforts such that there would be consistent messaging to businesses about sustainable seafood. Over the course of two years, the group worked together in-person and through conference calls with Packard’s support and the help of a facilitator. In 2008 a common vision for environmentally sustainable seafood was ratified by 17 of the original __ network participants.