Conservation

• Ocean Conservation: Educational Programs & Scientific Research To Help Protect Our Seas
• Cetacean Alliance: A not-for-profit network of non-governmental organisations committed to preserving marine biodiversity and reducing human impact on cetacean populations.
• Conservation International : a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC and operating in more than 30 countries worldwide to apply innovations in science, economics, policy and community participation to protect the Earth’s plant and animal biodiversity in major tropical wilderness areas and key marine ecosystems
• Greenpeace: Greenpeace’s oceans campaign focusing on three major threats to the world’s oceans: overfishing, pirate fishing, whaling, and intensive shrimp aquaculture.
• The Nature Conservancy: Nature Conservancy’s Global Marine Initiative links land and sea conservation in an effort to protect the rich array of plant and animal life and safeguard the tremendous benefits the oceans provide.
• The Ocean Conservancy: Serves to protect ocean ecosystems and conserve the global abundance and diversity of marine wildlife through science-based advocacy, research, and public education
• Oceana: A non-profit international advocacy organization dedicated to restoring and protecting the world’s oceans through policy advocacy, science, law, and public education.
• The Oceanic Research Foundation: The Oceanic Resource Foundation 
is a non-profit marine conservation organization based in the United States. We are dedicated to the preservation of the global marine environment and its biological diversity through underwater photography as a means of documenting and recording changes to the planet’s oceans.
• Save Our Seas: An international non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, and restoring the oceans for future generations through activities such as reef research and monitoring, beach cleanups, and safe boating instruction.
• Sea-Web: A communications-based nonprofit organization that uses social marketing techniques to advance ocean conservation.
• Surfrider Foundation: A non-profit organization that works to protect our oceans, waves, and beaches through its 60 chapters located along the East, West, Gulf, Puerto Rican, and Hawaiian coasts.
• Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS): An international non-profit working toward the conservation and welfare of all cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) by reducing threats to cetaceans and their habitats and by raising awareness about the need to address the continuing threats to their welfare and survival.
• World Wildlife Fund: WWF’s Endangered Seas Program works in more than 40 countries to campaign, lobby, develop and advocate solutions, commission and publish impartial data, advise, and champion the conservation of the marine environment and sustainable livelihoods.