Over 2 billion people worldwide depend on marine resources for a substantial portion of their protein. Tens of thousands of jobs in fishing, recreation, and tourism depend on healthy ocean ecosystems.

Yet pollution, coastal development, overfishing, and new threats such as climate change and energy development are taking a deadly toll on the health of marine environments. Scientists estimate that 29% of currently fished species have already collapsed. Some even predict the global collapse of all fisheries by 2050.


Partnering with scientists, resource managers, and environmental organizations, MARE works to address this alarming situation. Our mission is to protect and restore the ocean’s invaluable, yet threatened, resources. Learn more »

MARE Recent News & Events

KQED's QUEST TV program joins MARE on one of our MPA monitoring surveys. Watch here!

MARE featured on KTVU's Bay Area People. Watch here »

MARE Founder and President named Ocean Hero Finalist by Oceana. Learn more »

MARE partners with the Institute for Applied Marine Ecology to begin baseline monitoring in California’s North Central Coast MPAs. Learn more »

MARE provides technical capacity to remove lost fishing gear from the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Learn more »

MARE President Dirk Rosen talks to California’s Thank You Ocean Campaign about how remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) help us see beneath the surface of the ocean and gather information about the health of marine ecosystems. Listen here »

MARE receives National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant to develop remote fish sizing technologies. Learn more »

Report on the first 5 years of monitoring in the Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas released. Click here to view the results of ROV surveys conducted by MARE, the California Department of Fish and Game and The Nature Conservancy.

MARE teams with The Nature Conservancy to begin bottom trawling impact study in Central California. Learn more »

MARE teams with the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary to remove lost fishing gear from the Sanctuary. Learn more »