To help your organisation become less dependent on single-use plastic, we’ve put together a few simple ideas that will reduce your plastic use TODAY. Top tips Ditch disposable coffee cups and ...

There are about 2,000 gigatonnes of carbon stored on land. In comparison, the ocean holds a massive 37,700 gigatonnes of carbon. That’s over 18 times more! Most of this carbon stays locked in the ...

19 countries ratified the treaty during the conference, while other nations, such as the UK, formally committed to ratifying ...

The Marine Conservation Society is the UK’s leading environmental marine charity by and for ocean lovers. We are the go-to voice of the sea, defending habitats & species.

All four governments in the UK have published the latest assessment of how our own patch of the global ocean is doing; it makes for sobering reading.

Our mission to protect our ocean has never felt more urgent than now, as we confront a hidden but widespread threat to our seas – PFAS ‘forever chemicals’.

Read our latest news articles and blogs about the ocean, its wildlife and the work we do to protect the ocean across the UK and UK overseas territories.

The first step to protect our ocean is to ratify the High Seas Treaty as soon as possible by urgently laying it before Parliament. At the UN Ocean Conference in June, the UK Government committed to ...

Atlantic salmon in Scotland are farmed in open net pens in the sea. Producing fish in open systems can cause environmental impacts such as: impacts of chemical and sea lice treatment usage; nutrient ...

Farmed Pacific oysters, also known as rock oysters, are a Best Choice. They are usually farmed in mesh sacks in tidal waters which has a low environmental impact. However, escapes from farms may pose ...

More than 15,000 volunteers completed over 1,200 litter surveys in 2024. Across the UK and Channel Islands, volunteers removed over 764,000 litter items from our beaches, weighing more than 16,800kg.