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Help Support Marine Conservation With your help,we can conserve important habitat like oceans around the world. Protecting and Restoring Oceans and Coasts The Conservancy works to protect and restore the most resilient examples of ocean and coastal ecosystems by engaging coastal communities, stakeholders and other partners. Community-based habitat restoration Shellfish Restoration Network Horseshoe crab in saltmarsh cordgrass at Mashomack in New York of United States, North America.

From shellfish reefs, sea grasses and kelp beds to mangroves, coral reefs and salt marsh estuaries - coastal ecosystems are vitally important to people around the world, providing food and jobs as well as protecting communities from storm damage.

To address the threats of coastal development, pollution and destructive fishing practices, The Nature Conservancy applies collaborative, science-based methods to help return coastal habitats to healthy conditions for the benefit of people and nature.

How We Work

Partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the Conservancy implements on-the-ground community-based restoration projects to restore important marine habitat and protect aquatic species across the country.

Through the Shellfish Restoration Network the Conservancy also protects and restores shellfish populations around the United States. We identify the optimal location and methods for restoring shellfish populations and the benefits that healthy shellfish ecosystems provide.

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Mashomack Preserve in New York, United States, North America. © Harold E. Malde; Great South Bay, New York. ©Carl LoBue; Photo © Photographer/Org (scientist).