Supporting, enhancing & mobilising expertise in
marine species conservation for a better future
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The IUCN SSC Marine Conservation Committee (MCC) aims to ensure that decisions taken by policy-makers and resource managers on the management of marine resources are based on sound and scientific knowledge.
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Photograph credits
Banner images:
Marine Protected Area, Danajon Bank, Philippines. Photo by Amanda Vincent/Project Seahorse.
Composite image: Humphead wrasse. Photo by Patryk Krzyzak. Two "transient" orcas, Unimak Island, Alaska. Photo by Robert Pittman/NOAA.
Yellow-edged lyretail. Photo by Jacek Madejski. Emperor penguins. Photo by Lin Padgham.Snappers, Philippines. Photo by Nick Hill//Project Seahorse. Polar Bear, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Photo by Alan D. Wilson.
Marine iguana. Photo by RAF-YYC, Calgary, Canada. Nudibranch eating Aiptasia couchii. Photo by Parent Géry. Seagrass bed in Florida, USA. Photo by NOAA.
Images on page: Photographs by Nick Hill//Project Seahorse and Amanda Vincent/Project Seahorse