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Guarding Our Ocean Wildlife

A lot of us value more than just a coastal view, we love the sea itself. But the sea that we know and love is changing. Once treated as a dumping ground and considered inexhaustible, our oceans are now in crisis and need our help. The Australian Marine Conservation Society is Australia's only national charity dedicated exclusively to protecting ocean wildlife and their homes.

Current issues

Exhausted Oceans Appeal

Overfishing is one of the single greatest threats to our oceans. Please donate to our Exhausted Oceans Appeal and help breathe life into our precious seas.

Donate online here...

 Juvenile SA sea lion by Grant Hobson

Development threatens Top End Sea Life

Our tropical ocean wildlife needs our help. A massive industrial development in Darwin Harbour is threatening its inshore dolphins, turtles and dugongs. We only have until 5pm this Friday, 10 September to take action. More info and take action...

 Take action for our top end sea life

NSW Marine Parks under siege

In an alarming new development, the State Parliament of New South Wales is about to consider a NSW Shooters and Fishers Party Bill which would put a five-year ban on any new marine parks.

More info and take action...

 NSW Sea turtles need our help today

Coral Sea Heritage Park

Australia's Coral Sea is one of the last places on Earth where large marine animals can still be found in great numbers. Yet less than 1% of this Serengeti of the Seas is protected and it needs our help today. Read more... 

View videos and more from the Coral Sea here... 

 Meet Barry. He lives in the Coral Sea. You can help us protect his home.
Whaling ban safe

After a tense meeting of the International Whaling Commission, attempts to end the global ban on whaling and legalise whaling for the first time in 30 years have been thwarted. AMCS Director attended the meeting in Morocco. 

Read his reports on the meeting here...
Art for Sharks 2010

Thank you to everyone who supported Art for Sharks 2010, our major annual charity art auction. Over 250 guests recently joined AMCS and our Patron Tim Winton in Melbourne to raise funds for our precious sharks.

More info...

 Artwork for auction at this year's Art for Sharks - Imagining Less and Knowing More (detail) by Mark Threadgold

Watch a Video

Save Australia's Seas with Bernard Fanning and AMCS Shark finning on the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef Watch a video of celebrity chef Kylie Kwong endorsing Australia's Sustainable Seafood Guide
Save Our Seas Shark finning Sustainable Seafood

Tim Winton, AMCS Patron and Australian Author "I joined the Australian Marine Conservation Society because they're the real deal. For 40 years they've been fighting for our seas and getting results: Ningaloo, Great Barrier Reef, new marine protected areas. If you're worried about overfishing, if you're angry about pollution and rapacious coastal development, if you're anxious about endangered species then why not add to the effort? Let's join together and get results."

Tim Winton, Australian Author, AMCS Patron