Do you see a problem?

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Do you see a problem?
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The Ocean Conservancy
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History

• Born in 1972
• One of the first non-profit, non-governmental
  organizations to focus on ocean conservation
• Began with a single program to protest commercial
  whaling, but now includes programs for the
  protection of the entire ocean.

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Mission

• The mission of the Ocean Conservancy is to
  protect ocean ecosystems and conserve the global
  abundance and diversity of marine life.
• The Ocean Conservancy informs, inspires, and
  empowers people to speak and act for the oceans
  through science-based advocacy, research, and
  public education.

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Programs

• Marine Fish
• Marine Wildlife
• Ocean Ecosystems
• Clean Oceans

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Current Activities

• Ocean Wilderness Challenge
• International Coastal Cleanup
• Activist Networking
• Place-based Campaigns

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Branches and Organization

• Headquarters Washington, D.C.
• Nucleus for all national efforts in the 4
  programs
• Regional Offices
• New England
• Southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
• Pacific
• Alaska
• U.S. Virgin Islands

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Accomplishments

• More safe water available for fishing and
  swimming
• More limits on fishing to allow for population
  regeneration
• 8.2 million pounds of trash collected at the 2003
  International Coastal Cleanup

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Battles Won

• Turtle-excluding devices in shrimp trawl nets
• Rewriting of Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
  Conservation Act to change the way fisheries are
  managed
• Establishing no-take ocean wilderness area in the
  Tortugas

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Why should you care?

• Because these animals couldnt protect
  themselvesbut you can!

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Do not neglect the oceans like so many do.Make a
donation to your little marine friends at The
Ocean Conservancy today!