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Oceans: Greenpeace USA Editor's Pick

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/oceans/

5 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

ocean protection campaign from Greenpeace, highlighting how overfishing and pollution have irreparably damaged ocean ecosystems, threatening marine life

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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Editor's Pick

http://www.seashepherd.org/

9 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

investigates and documents violations of international laws, regulations, and treaties protecting marine wildlife species

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David Suzuki Foundation updated popular

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/default_ocean.asp?source=OceanDay

7 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

explores human impacts on the environment, with an emphasis on finding solutions, including working to conserve Canada's temperate rainforests

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program

http://ecos.fws.gov/coastal/viewContent.do?viewPage=home

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

focuses on conservation of fish and wildlife and their habitats for bays, estuaries and watersheds around the U.S. coastline by providing funding to 16 high-priority coastal ecosystems

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Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas, The (ASCOBANS)

http://www.ascobans.org/

information about the international agreement on the protection of small cetaceans in the North and Baltic seas

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Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

http://www.amap.no/

an international organization whose objective is to provide information on the status and threats of the Arctic, and providing advice on actions to be taken by Arctic governments to remediate and prevent pollution

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Blue Frontier Campaign

http://www.bluefront.org/news/

provides news and seeks to strengthen the ocean conservation constituency through building unity, providing tools, and enhancing public awareness of both the challenges and solutions being offered to the various threats facing our living oceans

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Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. State Department

http://www.state.gov/g/oes/

the Department of State's focal point for foreign policy formulation and implementation in global environment, science, and technology issues

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Coral Reef Alliance, The (CORAL)

http://www.coralreefalliance.org/

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

dedicated to keeping coral reefs alive around the world

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Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA)

http://www.giwa.net/

a program with the UN Environment Program(UNEP)to develop a strategic assessment that can be use to identify priorities for remedial and mitigatory actions designed to achieve significant environmental benefits at regional and global levels in international waters

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Integrated Coastal Zone Management

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/iczm/

project of the European Union working to identify and promote measures to remedy environmental deterioration and to improve the overall conditions in coastal zones

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Marine Aquarium Council

http://www.aquariumcouncil.org/

7 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

seeks to conserve coral reefs and other marine ecosystems by creating standards and certification for those engaged in the collection and care of ornamental marine life from reef to aquarium

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Marine Resources Development Foundation

http://www.mrdf.org/

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

seeks to improve the quality of life on earth through education and the responsible use of marine resources for food, fresh water, energy, minerals, and medicine

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MARPOL

http://www.imo.org/Conventions/contents.asp?doc_id=678&topic_id=258

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

the main international convention covering prevention of pollution of the marine environment by ships from operational or accidental causes

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Natural Resources Defense Council

http://www.nrdc.org/water/

fights to safeguard drinking water, to protect, preserve and restore our rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and coastal waters

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Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/

administers the Coastal Zone Management Act while providing information regarding balancing the conservation and development of coastal, estuarine and ocean resources

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Oceans and Coastal Protection: EPA

http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/

works to improve the quality of coastal and marine ecosystems in the face of growing watershed threats

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Oceans and Law of the Sea

http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm

information from the United Nations regarding their activities in regard to oceans

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OSPAR Commision

http://www.ospar.org/eng/html/welcome.html

information about the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention)

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Paralia Nature

http://www.imieu.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=53&lang=en

6 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

works to resolve dilemmas between economic development of European ports and nature conservation

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Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)

http://www.pemsea.org/

a regional program to protect the life support systems of the East Asia waters and to enable the sustainable use of their renewable resources via intergovernmental, interagency and intersectoral partnerships

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The Ocean Conservancy

http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=home

advocates for wild, healthy oceans; envisioning a world of healthy, protected oceans filled with wild and flourishing ecoystems, free of pollution and filled with diverse and abundant marine wildlife

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WWF - Endangered Seas Campaign

http://panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/marine/index.cfm

works to safeguard fisheries and marine biological diversity

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