Greenpeace campaign committed to defending the health of the world's oceans and the plants, animals and people that depend upon them

a global coalition working to ensure that the Antarctic continent, its surrounding islands and the great Southern Ocean survive as the world's last unspoiled wilderness

protects and restores the ecosystems of San Francisco Bay, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and the rivers, streams, and watersheds tributary to the Estuary

a resource supporting community based coastal resource management in the South Pacific

has a mandate to conserve and manage mainly high-seas areas; concerned not only with fisheries regulation, it also strives to implement a holistic, or 'ecosystem approach' to the management of marine living resources in the Southern Ocean

information about the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

from the Pew Environmental Group, a campaign to establish three to four large, world-class, no-take marine reserves that will provide ecosystem-scale benefits and help conserve our global marine heritage

a global monitoring program to investigate and document both the status of seagrass resources world wide and the threats to this important and imperiled marine ecosystem

the principal adviser to the Commonwealth Government on the care and development of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, the largest natural feature on earth stretching more than 2,300km along the northeast coast of Australia

a marine science portal from University of Rhode Island seeking to integrate live video camera feeds with data as diverse as observations collected by citizen-scientists, satellite records, and measurements collected by monitoring stations within sanctuaries

a portal for information on community-based marine conservation and its practitioners

part of Greenpeace's campaign to defend oceans

from Science to Action, access to pdf document called Marine Managed Areas (MMAs)which defines MMAs and discusses the challenges of implementing them

a campaign that aims to ensure that the UK complies with the legislation to establish by 2015 an ecologically coherent network of marine reserves

campaigns to protect the marine environment around the coast of the UK

information about our nation's marine sanctuaries -- their history and current management and their scientific and educational programs

dedicated to creating conservation-based education and outreach programs designed to preserve, protect and promote the nation's marine sanctuaries

large marine protected area including submerged lands and marine waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

from Science to Action, access to a pdf document called People and Oceans that synthesizes social science studies based on experiences in 52 marine managed areas (MMAs) worldwide

features a letter to Canadian Parliament members regarding the protection of the oceans

dedicated to promoting preservation and an appreciation of marine environments through education, research and conservation

protects and preserves coastal ecosystems and wildlife in the California and Latin America by building grassroots support, conducting media campaigns and establishing protected areas