CONSERVATION
STARTS WITH YOU

RESEARCH.STRANDING INVESTIGATIONS.
EDUCATION/OUTREACH

Atlantic Marine Conservation Society is an organization of biologists and volunteers with decades of experience in marine mammal and sea turtle research and response. Our mission is to promote marine conservation through action.

RESEARCH

The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMSEAS) staff have worked with partners from Virginia to Maine building a research network which is studying seals, sea turtles and whales in the New York Bight, Long Island Sound and northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Our Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Research Program is aimed at assessing the status of these animals, identifying potential threats in their changing environment, and providing data to managers to help mitigate the impacts of those threats.

STRANDING INVESTIGATIONS

We are the lead response organization for responding to entangled live large whales, entangled sea turtles, and conducting necropsies on all dead marine mammals and sea turtles in New York. In the fall of 2020, we were asked by NOAA Fisheries to bring our Critical Care Triage Facility online. This facility has received 125 endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, 93 of which have been released as of December 2025.

EDUCATION/OUTREACH

Atlantic Marine Conservation Society is an organization with decades of field and education experience from our team of biologists, interns, and volunteers. We encourage people of all ages to become stewards of the marine environment and help us carry out our mission of promoting marine conservation through action, and proudly lead over 250 educational programs within communities each year.