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Marine Watchdogs is an environmental action company focused on ocean health and preservation. We are a 501(c)(3) California Public Benefit Company.
We are people who care deeply about the ocean and the food products that come from it. We want to help preserve the ocean for future generations.
Marine Watchdogs is committed to reducing our constant stream toxic ocean plastic by providing public awareness of and access to plastic alternatives; offering consumer and business incentives; supporting legislative measures; coalescing groups aligned with the objective of minimizing the use of disposable plastic products; and coastal plastic cleanup programs.
Almost all turtles and seabirds tested had plastic in their guts. Unlike almost every other material, plastic doesn't degrade quickly in the ocean. The plastic trash we create today will be here for hundreds of years. From the smallest plankton to the great blue whales, plastic has permeated the marine environment. We can't stop it. But we aim to slow it down through our Plastic Use Reduction program.
We're using new technologies to help monitor and preserve ocean ecosystems. We collect seafood samples from different parts of the world and send them to food labs with specialized equipment to test the subjects for contaminants like agricultural chemicals, radiation poisoning and toxic heavy metals.
Our Sea Star Survey is looking for intertidal Pisaster ochraceus starfish along the Pacific Coast after most of this keystone species died in 2013 due to sea star wasting syndrome.
Our plastic research includes coastal surveys, sea floor surveys and plankton studies.
Using modern digital technologies, we create online public resources. Services we provide include seafood contamination alerts, an ocean crimes hotline, and online resources like our ocean events calendar, marine condition dashboard, ocean webcams and educational media.
Our free online learning games are designed to get the next generations excited about marine science and ocean ecology.
A perfect fit with Next Generation Science Standards, Marine Watchdogs Teacher kit is an entertaining and memorable learning experience for students that helps them understand sea animals and marine ecosystems.
