Marine Environment & Conservation

If we want to continue to enjoy the underwater world we all love, we must all do our bit even if it is only signing the odd petition or two.  Below are a few causes that need our help:

Marine Environment & Conservation

Your support is needed to convince the Government that marine conservation must be at the core of the Marine Bill.            Have your say in how our seas are managed and protected.

 

Marine Environment & Conservation

Whaling is cruel, unnecessary and unsustainable. Help us to stop this bloody whaling – the time to act is now.

The whaling nations believe that people have stopped caring about whales – show them this isn’t true.  Add your voice and ensure that they get the message loud and clear – stop bloody whaling! 
 

Marine Environment & Conservation

35 species of migratory sharks and rays are considered Threatened by the World Conservation Union. The rapid decline in shark numbers across the world is well documented and the reasons for it, the burgeoning demand by the increasingly affluent Chinese for shark fins, is also clear. How to stop that decline is a much harder and many different approaches to this are taken.

The Shark Trust, based in the UK, has gained enormous respect in scientific and political circles, taking a stance calling for a sustainable shark fishery. This pragmatic approach has allowed them to work with both fishing bodies and governments and they have had considerable influence in promoting and framing legislation to limit the impact of commercial shark fishing and to try to put an end to finning, which is where the shark has its fins cut off while still alive.

Marine Environment & Conservation

Fishermen in Japan kill some 20-thousand dolphins a year. Reports of these dreadful events have shocked the world. The public has responded with an avalanche of protest. We must continue to work on the ground in Japan.

Keeping highly intelligent animals such as dolphins in captivity is extremely cruel. Many dolphins die in the capture process.  The dolphins who are captured are taken from their families.  They are condemned to spend the rest of their lives in cement tanks, often in unsanitary conditions, forced to perform tricks for food. 

Marine Environment & Conservation

Driven from safety, hunted, tortured, killed, captured, blasted by noise and poisoned by man's carelessness and deliberate cruelty- whales and dolphins face more threats than ever before. We campaign for an end to these threats, including whaling, fisheries bycatch, captivity and environmental impacts such as pollution and climate change.  WDCS believes that every whale and dolphin is important and deserving of protection We safeguard their communities, populations and whole species. We support ground breaking scientific research and conservation projects and push for better protection for whales and dolphins by countries around the world.

 Links: Marine Conservation Society |   The Shark Trust   National Oceanography Centre |   

 

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