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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first step to protect our ocean is to ratify the High Seas Treaty as soon as possible by urgently laying it before Parliament. At the UN Ocean Conference in June, the UK Government committed to ...

Our beach clean data has shown an average drop of 80% in carrier bags found washed up on UK beaches. Following the introduction of charges on carrier bags over the last decade, data from our ...

The results for this year's Great British Beach Clean are in! Find out how much litter our brilliant volunteers collected over the 10-day event.

As part of the RSPB-led Parliamentary Species Champion Project, we host two Westminster species champions: Sally-Ann Hart MP for seagrass and Luke Pollard MP for the pink sea fan. Our champions help ...

This month, the Scottish Government released its Vision for Sustainable Aquaculture, setting out its plans for how the industry should develop all the way to 2045.

🌟 NEWSFLASH: Final Beach Clean of 2023! 🌟<br /> Good afternoon everyone ! <br /> 👋 Just two days left until we come together for our last beach clean of the year! It’s been an incredible year full ...