Announcing the 2021 Photo Contest Winners
Thank you for taking the time to enter your photographs and vote for your favorites during our 2021 Photo Contest this summer. I am blown away by the entries and I hope you enjoyed seeing all the incredible submissions w...
Announcing the 2021 Photo Contest Winners
You probably know that climate change and plastic pollution are two of the biggest threats facing our ocean. But did you know that they share a common cause? Fossil fuels. Burning oil, coal and natural gas is the largest...
Put an End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear—also known as ghost gear—is one of the most visually arresting forms of ocean plastic pollution. From images of marine life being rescued from ghost nets to gear balls the size o...
A Proactive Approach to Preventing Ghost Gear
Today, the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean goes into effect. Signed two years ago, the legally binding agreement has now been ratified by the United States, Russia, Norway...
5 Things to Celebrate in New Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Haz clic aquí para español. Miami is the Magic City. There is so much that makes it magical, especially the wild ocean and water that is the city’s backyard. The town abuts Biscayne Bay, a natural wonder of marine life—a...
Keeping Trash Out of the Magic City
It’s somewhat indescribable—our love of the ocean. Since time immemorial, humans have been enamored by our ocean in one way or another. And it can be hard, if not impossible, to put into meaningful words the feeling of s...
Why Does the Ocean Matter to You?
Another nine months, another Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). As you may remember, we weren’t overjoyed at the results last session, which settled on a prof...
IMO Fails Duty to Protect Climate and the Arctic
The plastic pollution crisis is too big for any one entity to address on its own. It will require collective action. That is why Ocean Conservancy was thrilled to join the U.S. Plastics Pact as a founding member. The U.S...
The Roadmap that Supports a Plastics Free Ocean
I don’t mean to pier pressure you … but we sea-riously need your help. We’ve received hundreds of submissions to our 2021 Photo Contest, and now we need YOUR help to pick the winners. There are simply too many ink-credib...
Vote for Your Favorite Photo 📸
As ocean lovers, we’re always searching for effective ways to conserve and protect all the ocean holds and provides. To some of us, that’s organizing local beach cleanups or conducting a study on coastal water quality. N...