BLUE MARINE FOUNDATION 4.9 KM of OCEAN PROTECTED
Blue Marine is dedicated to protecting and restoring life in the ocean. Our mission is to see at least 30 per cent of the ocean protected by 2030 and the whole ocean sustainably managed. We support low-impact fishing and equitable use of the ocean and address overfishing – one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges.
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This is the time to check in with yourself. Are you overeating seafood?
Global Conservation Projects
Cornish Seal Sanctuary
Beluga Whale Sanctuary
Global Beach Clean Up .....
SEA LIFE TRUST HAS A VISION OF A WORLD WHERE OCEANS ARE HEALTHY, PROPERLY PROTECTED and FULL OF DIVERSE LIFE. WE CHAMPION THE NEED FOR PLASTIC-FREE OCEANS AND OUT ANNUAL 24 HOUR GLOBAL BEACH CLEAN IS A FANTASTIC WAY TO SUPPORT THIS.
Marine Biological Association Recording Scheme First read about this in Mudlarking, the book by Lara Maiklem.
Among the many activities that the MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION is working on is the monitoring of Mitten Crabs, apparently one the world's most invasive species that among other things, competes with native species.
The term Scallop can refer to any bivalve, however, when it comes to scallops as endangered, it depends on which kind of scallop. The Great Scallop found around the coasts of Great Britain is endangered. Shells build from calcium in the water. Acidic water harms that process. The seas are significantly more acidic then they were a hundred years ago. So the shells are having difficulty making their shells. The ocean is also absorbing most of the extra heat and the water temperature is harming the sea creatures.
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ESA JOURNAL LIBRARY - HOW MANY SCALLOPS ARE THERE ANS WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Excerpt: Scallops (Order Pectinida) have had a tumultuous existence over the past 245 million years, bearing witness to numerous transformations in ocean conditions and surviving two mass extinctions...