“Ocean Conservancy is an advocacy organization. For more than four decades, we have worked alongside Presidents and Republican and Democratic members of Congress to guide smart, common-sense policy solutions for our ocean and its people and communities. We have made major progress to protect America’s fishermen, the Arctic from oil and gas drilling, special places off the coast of California and elsewhere in our ocean. We helped restore the Gulf of Mexico after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. But we couldn’t have done it without you. So today, we say thank you to all of our supporters—every single person who has ever signed an action alert or a petition to Congress. To all the business leaders who have taken time out from their day jobs to help us lobby members of Congress, and to all the scientists who have informed the policy recommendations we make to agencies. Thank you. Because of these combined efforts, our ocean is a better place. ”

Jeff Watters

Director, Government Relations

“For 45 years, science has been the foundation of all of Ocean Conservancy’s work. An unbiased and rigorous assessment of the health of our ocean allows us to advocate for lasting and effective ocean solutions. We are grateful for the work of scientists like Dr. Jane Lubchenco who researched the effectiveness of marine protected areas in the 1990s and Dr. Jenna Jambeck for her groundbreaking study on plastics in the ocean in 2015. To the marine scientists at universities, government agencies, labs and independent organizations around the world that are asking and helping to answer some of the greatest challenges to our ocean—thank you. Your science anchors our best work on behalf of our blue planet. ”

George Leonard

Chief Scientist

“Ocean Conservancy understands that our ocean is international and that we must work in partnerships across our water planet to protect them. For the Arctic Ocean and surrounding coastal seas at the top of the planet, we work closely with government officials from Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Greenland, Norway, Iceland and Finland, alongside indigenous communities, conservation organizations, scientists, and sustainably-minded businesses to ensure that this rapidly changing and globally unique habitat is protected. We want to thank those partners for their deep commitment to finding common ground and crafting global solutions for the Arctic that is critical to the planet and our shared future.”

Whit Sheard

Director, International Arctic Program