Jen Kennedy – Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation

A view from the porch of a house, looking at water with trees in the background

Blue Ocean Jazz Brunch

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025Jen Kennedy

Join us for a relaxing and elegant Sunday morning at the historic Carey Cottage in Portsmouth! Enjoy live jazz by The Charlie Jennison Trio, delicious […]

Remember the good happening every day

November 5, 2024November 5, 2024Jen Kennedy

Writing this on Election Day, it is an anxious time. To help combat that, we’re sharing some moments of positivity—photos of our incredible volunteers and […]

The back of a humpback whale in the Piscataqua River

Information on Recent Local Whale Sightings

July 23, 2024August 24, 2024Jen Kennedy

July 23, 2024 – Portsmouth made international news today when a whale breached onto a small fishing boat off the New Hampshire coast. Thankfully, the […]

More than 162,000 Pieces of Litter Removed in 2023

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024Jen Kennedy

In 2023, we conducted a total of 348 beach cleanups at 44 different cleanup sites with the help of 4,145 volunteers. Together, we collected 162,005 […]

A humpback whale jumping out of the ocean

Looking Back at 2023

December 31, 2023December 31, 2023Jen Kennedy

In early 2024, we’ll be going through all our data, tabulating results from beach cleanups, microplastics sampling, and whale surveys. Even without seeing all the […]