Despite their mind-boggling vastness, our planet’s oceans are under grave threat from human activity. From increasing acidification due to the absorption of CO2 to the alarming rate at which we are decimating the world’s fisheries, humans have put the health of our oceans into real peril. If you wish to help mitigate or even reverse these effects, here are just five incredible ocean conservation organizations you should support.
Oceana
Oceana is the world’s largest of the ocean conservation organizations. An international effort, Oceana acts through applying political pressure in order to change policy as a means to protect the Oceans from dangers such as industrial fishing. They also use media and law as methods of fighting and preventing damage and pollution to the oceans of the world.
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
As one of the many ocean conservation organizations, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society focuses primarily on ending the hunting of dolphin and whales. The organization has become famous for its actions towards the goal of ending Japanese whaling.
Team ORCA: Ocean Research and Conservation Association
Team ORCA, is one of the ocean conservation organizations that consists primarily of scientists, engineers, and marine biologists rather than political activists. It is because of this that the focus of this group is on the improvement of water quality in the ocean. This is done by way of utilizing cutting edge technology to create low-cost solutions to cleaning up and analyzing pollution in the world’s oceans.
Institute for Ocean Conservation Science
The Institute for Ocean Conservation Science is unique among ocean conservation organizations in that it focuses on researching the least well known aquatic animals. The organization then uses this research as a vehicle to raise awareness regarding the dwindling population of many of these creatures. Another notable objective of theirs is the development of new methods of replenishing the global population of fish lower down in the food chain.
Coral Reef Alliance
The Coral Reef Alliance was created with the purpose of involving the diving community in the conservation of coral reefs globally. The Coral Reef Alliance act largely through raising money donating to the local conservation organizations of coral reefs as well as working directly with involved parties to create solutions that allow for the long term conservation of coral reefs.
