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Your help is critical to keeping our nation’s most threatened marine wildlife safe from harm.

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Our ocean faces many threats like the onslaught of ocean trash, overfishing and ocean acidification. With the help of donors like you, Ocean Conservancy is developing innovative solutions to save our ocean. Thank you for your donation today.

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Trash Free Seas®

Ocean trash affects the health of wildlife, people and local economies. Trash in the water and on the shore can be mistaken as food by wildlife, or entangle animals with lethal consequences.

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Plastics now pollute all dimensions of our oceans from the sea surface to the seafloor, on remote beaches and in Arctic sea ice.

Nicholas Mallos, Director, Trash Free Seas® Program
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Ocean Conservancy is working with you to protect the ocean from today’s greatest global challenges.

Together, we create science-based solutions for a healthy ocean and the wildlife and communities that depend on it.

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Our Stories

  • “A great way to turn the tide on trash is to clean up your local beach, shoreline or park.”

    Sarah Kollar
    Project and Outreach Specialist, Trash Free Seas® Program
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  • “You would be amazed at what volunteers find every year along beaches and waterways.”

    Allison Schutes
    Associate Director, Trash Free Seas® Program
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