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Protect marine areas and promote sustainable seafood.

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Helping Fishermen and Fisheries Rebuild, Recover and Renew

Our Oceans team helps restore fisheries to abundance and protect important places in the ocean. We work to:

Our Accomplishments and a Look Ahead in 2010

Recovering our fragile oceans »

Catch Shares Action Toolkit

Take Action: Support Catch Shares

Tell the Obama administration you support protecting America's fisheries and fishermen with catch shares.

Oceans and Fishermen in Crisis

Fisheries are depleted and fishermen are losing their jobs. Catch shares are the way forward.

EDFish: Our New Blog

EDFish is the new voice of our Oceans program. Hear from staff on all things oceans and share your ideas.

Seafood Selector

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Top 10 Seafood Choices

Choose fish that are good for you and the ocean, and use our list on the go.

Listen to Our Expert on NPR

Scientist Tim Fitzgerald shares tips — for example, why Chilean seabass and bluefin tuna are worst seafood choices.

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Oceans Work by Region

An Economic Engine, the Gulf of Mexico Struggles

Working to save red snapper and shrimp fisheries, protect rare sea turtles and preserve the region's biologically rich bays and estuaries.

Latin America & the Caribbean

Conserving the Mesoamerican Reef and waters surrounding Cuba, home to gorgeous and vital marine life: snappers, groupers, and more.

Mid-Atlantic

Protecting and restoring the estuaries, bays and wetlands along the tri-state coastline — and the fish and other marine life that depend on them.

New England

Restoring cod and other fish populations that once fueled New England's economy and are now a shadow of what they once were.

Pacific - West Coast North America

Preserving and reviving lush kelp forests, offshore islands, undersea banks and the rocky intertidal zone teeming with ocean life.

South Atlantic

Developing solutions to safeguard the coast's mighty estuaries and wetlands, coral and rocky reefs, which sustain an abundance of sea life and fisheries.

See all our regional work »