Issue Areas
Healthy Ocean
Ecosystems & Communities
Climate-Ready Fisheries
From Alaska to the Gulf Coast to New England, fishing supports the livelihoods of coastal communities and delivers seafood to dinner plates across the country.
The U.S. seafood industry is vital to our economy, supporting 1.6 million jobs and contributing billions of dollars to the GDP each year. Strengthening American fisheries through science-based management, strong enforcement of conservation measures, and continued investment in ocean science will help ensure our fishing industry remains resilient.
Marine Protected Areas
Marine protected areas (MPAs) promote access for exploration and recreation, conserve cultural and historical resources, maintain the health of marine life, and bolster the economy across numerous industries.
Americans overwhelmingly support national monuments and oppose dismantling them, yet the Trump administration is gutting budgets, firing scientists, and reducing protections for our public lands and waters. As attacks on our shared ocean spaces intensify, strengthening protections for these key ocean places is more important than ever.
Coastal Resilience
Our health, safety, and economies depend on protected and resilient coasts. However, accelerating sea level rise and increasingly severe coastal storms—largely driven by fossil fuel emissions—are intensifying coastal flooding, threatening public health, safety, infrastructure, ecosystems, and local economies.
Rather than gutting the agencies responsible for coastal science and planning, we must strengthen and fully resource them, expanding investments in climate science, modeling, restoration, and resilience projects. Investing in resilience is also fiscally responsible– every $1 invested in disaster resilience today could save communities up to $33 in future economic losses.