8 Estuary Species that Need Your Help
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Our ocean faces many threats like the onslaught of ocean trash, overfishing and ocean acidification. With the help of donors like you, Ocean Conservancy is developing innovative solutions to save our ocean. Thank you for your donation today.
Ocean trash affects the health of wildlife, people and local economies. Trash in the water and on the shore can be mistaken as food by wildlife, or entangle animals with lethal consequences.
Learn morePlastics now pollute all dimensions of our oceans from the sea surface to the seafloor, on remote beaches and in Arctic sea ice.
“Each year, hundreds of thousands of volunteers gather in communities across the globe to remove millions of pounds of trash from our coasts.”
Outreach Manager, International Coastal Cleanup
“The Arctic Ocean is a unique place. It provides habitat for bowhead and beluga whales, walruses, ice-dependent seals and millions of birds.”
Director, Arctic Program
We can’t turn our backs on endangered species in need of our help.
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