Clean Up Beaches

Every September the Ocean Conservancy sponsors The International Coastal Clean Up Day. Volunteers pick up trash from coastlines, rivers and lakes. This is a great activity for school or Scout groups to participate in.

Adopt an Undersea Animal

You can adopt an ocean animal through many organizations. You may receive a certificate, a picture, information about the animal, and possibly future updates about it. This is also a great activity for a family, class, or Scout group. You can adopt sea turtles, whales, dolphins, manatees, and many other animals. Here are a few:

Orca

Sea turtles

Manatees

Whales

Visit Your Local Aquarium

Most aquariums support education, research, and conservation projects that help undersea animals. The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, for example, supports the seahorse conservation organization, Project Seahorse.

Make Smart Choices When Eating Seafood

Here is some information about how seafood choices can help protect the health of our oceans:

Shedd Aquarium
Click on conservation

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch

Blue Ocean Institute

More Suggestions for Helping Sea Animals

Some more suggestions from the Shedd Aquarium, Chicago
Click on "Conservation", and then "How You Can Help."

Read about what one 7-year-old girl did to help leatherback turtles at the Leatherback Trust website.

Do you have a suggestion of a way to help sea animals?

Contact me with your idea. If I use your idea on this website, I will send you a free Undersea Encounters book.