The Marine Conservation Society is the UK’s leading environmental marine charity by and for ocean lovers. We are the go-to voice of the sea, defending habitats & species.

Today, 90% of world fish stocks are fully or over-exploited from fishing. With added pressure from climate change and pollution, we’re moving into dangerous waters when it comes to the future. Join us ...

There are no appropriate management measures in place for Argentine shortfin squid caught in international waters. Unregulated fishing is of significant concern. This fishery is responsible for around ...

Cod in East Greenland is very data limited. For this reason, we consider there to be concern for the biomass and fishing pressure. Few appropriate management measures are in place. There is a ...

19 countries ratified the treaty during the conference, while other nations, such as the UK, formally committed to ratifying ...

Join us for a beach clean and marine litter survey for Marine Conservation Society’s Beachwatch programme! Data collected from our beach cleans is hugely important as it helps us track the common ...

All four governments in the UK have published the latest assessment of how our own patch of the global ocean is doing; it makes for sobering reading.

Our mission to protect our ocean has never felt more urgent than now, as we confront a hidden but widespread threat to our seas – PFAS ‘forever chemicals’.

Years of campaigning and data collection by COAST, supported by Seasearch training by Calum Duncan (now Head of Policy and Advocacy at the Marine Conservation Society), helped secure the Lamlash Bay ...

Search above to find a beach clean near you. If you can’t find one then why not sign up as a volunteer and add your own? After searching a location, you will find a list of beach cleans ordered by the ...

As a marine conservation charity we have an innate love for our ocean. Discover just some of our favourite facts and stats about the ocean - guaranteed to give you a new found respect for the deep ...