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Restore Our Oceans

Protect marine areas and promote sustainable seafood.

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Kate Bonzon

Kate Bonzon

Program Manager, Oceans Enterprise

Works with stakeholders to create sustainable fisheries and fishing communities along the West Coast of the U.S. and nationally.

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Oceans (Main Page)

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Helping Fishermen and Fisheries Rebuild, Recover and Renew

Our Oceans team helps restore fisheries to abundance and protect important places in the ocean. We work to:

Sustaining Fisheries

Sustaining Fisheries (Main Page)

Blueprint to Restore Oceans

Leading policy makers and experts outline key recommendations to revitalize America's fisheries.

EDFish: Our New Blog

EDFish is the new voice of our Oceans program. Hear from staff on all things oceans and share your ideas.

Catch Shares Revive Fisheries

A Science study confirms that this innovative approach is the best way to manage and restore fisheries.

Seafood Selector

Seafood Selector (Main Page)

Top 10 Seafood Choices

Choose fish that are good for you and the ocean, and use our list on the go.

Listen to Our Expert on NPR

Scientist Tim Fitzgerald shares tips — for example, why Chilean seabass and bluefin tuna are worst seafood choices.

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Oceans Work by Region

An Economic Engine, the Gulf of Mexico Struggles

Working to save red snapper and shrimp fisheries, protect rare sea turtles and preserve the region's biologically rich bays and estuaries.

Latin America & the Caribbean

Conserving the Mesoamerican Reef and waters surrounding Cuba, home to gorgeous and vital marine life: snappers, groupers, and more.

Mid-Atlantic

Protecting and restoring the estuaries, bays and wetlands along the tri-state coastline — and the fish and other marine life that depend on them.

New England

Restoring cod and other fish populations that once fueled New England's economy and are now a shadow of what they once were.

Pacific - West Coast North America

Preserving and reviving lush kelp forests, offshore islands, undersea banks and the rocky intertidal zone teeming with ocean life.

South Atlantic

Developing solutions to safeguard the coast's mighty estuaries and wetlands, coral and rocky reefs, which sustain an abundance of sea life and fisheries.

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