How to Help

What can you do to help marine life? There are many simple things you can do at home and work that will help the health of the ocean.  Supporting our work through donating, volunteering or adopting a whale helps protect marine life and teach thousands of people each year about the ocean.

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Ways to Help the Ocean at Home or Work

Recycle Your Fishing Line

  • Discarded fishing line can last in the marine environment for hundreds of years, and although it may break into smaller pieces, it never really breaks down entirely. Along the way, it can entangle marine life such as whales, fish, and sea birds. The best way to prevent that is by disposing of your fishing line responsibly, through recycling or in a (covered) trash bin if no recycling is available.
  • We have recycling bins located along the NH coast, at several locations.

Pop Balloons Before Disposal

  • If you release a balloon into the air, it will likely end up in the ocean or another water body. There, wildlife can mistake it for food, or get entangled in balloon spring. Please pop your balloon when you are finished with it, and throw it in the trash.
  • Think about other, more sustainable ways to celebrate an event or honor a loved one.

Recycle, repurpose and reduce your use of plastics and disposables

  • Plastics are everywhere you look. Not just in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but in local “garbage patches” where currents come together, and along our roadways and in our local parks. Reduce use of plastic by buying items with less packaging, not using plastic bags, and buying items made of recycled or non-plastic materials whenever possible.