Action Center

Ocean Champions uses a combination of high-quality lobbying and electoral work to build political champions for the oceans. But your elected officials need to hear from you, too. Please help us forge a culture of leadership on the oceans by taking the following actions:

Take Action For Our Oceans

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OCEANS-21: Act now to help move this important legislation forward!

Our oceans are currently managed under 140 laws implemented by 20 Federal agencies, without a unifying vision to ensure the overall health and productivity of the ocean.  With Oceans 21, we finally have that vision—Including mechanisms to ensure health ocean policy for everyone.

Rep. Sam Farr (D-Ca, 17th) (one of our Ocean Champions in Congress) has introduced OCEANS-21, a bill that adopts the key recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission to develop a holistic ocean health plan. This bill, unlike past ocean legislation, treats the disease, not the symptom.

Help us pass what could be the first national oceans policy!

Please ask your member of Congress to support this vital legislation and help us build a better future for our oceans.

Keep The Beach Clean, Take Action Against Red Tide

Harmful algal blooms like red tide are making people sick, killing marine life, and contaminating seafood. They also have a negative effect on tourism in coastal states, costing coastal communities an estimated $100 million a year.

Now two Ocean Champions in the House of Representatives, Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fl) and Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fl), have introduced the Save Our Shores Act, to increase funding for scientific research to combat red tide and its effects.

Please help us fight red tide and othe harmful algal blooms (HABs) by asking your Representative to cosponsor the Save Our Shores Act.

Oppose Oil and Gas Exploration in Bristol Bay

Bristol Bay and the southeast Bering Sea support the world’s largest sockeye salmon run, abundant seabirds and marine mammals, including critical habitat for the highly endangered North Pacific right whale.

President Bush recently rescinded the “Executive OCS Leasing Withdrawal” for Bristol Bay and opened the area up to oil and gas development, despite thousands of Ocean Champions supporters telling him not to.

Oil and gas development could cause potentially devastating consequences to the marine resources and ocean wildlife in Bristol Bay.

Please contact your members of Congress and tell them to stop the President’s plan to open Bristol Bay up to oil and gas exploration.