Pew’s advocacy efforts, conducted through marine conservation campaigns, seek to protect the nation’s fisheries and ocean wildlife, including marine mammals, birds and invertebrates, both in the United States and around the world.

Our campaigns raise the visibility of problems affecting the marine environment to the public and policy makers, and advocate for major reforms in the way in which we manage fishing and protect the oceans.

We also work internationally to address impacts caused by overfishing, shark finning and whaling.