More than 100,000 people signed up for "Marine Reserves Now!" on our website, at public events and visitor centres in 2008. If you took part, thank you! You could have been at one of the UK's conservation-aware aquaria when you signed, or a diver reached through our joint campaign with the British Sub Aqua Club.
What these votes have achieved:
In April 2008, 101,713 signatures were received for the campaign, beating our 100,000 target!
100 divers marched, in full scuba gear, to deliver your petitions to Parliament.
Over the spring and summer, a handful of places - Lamlash Bay (Arran), Fal Bay (Cornwall), and Lyme Bay (Dorset/Devon) - have been protected.
LATEST NEWS, December 2008: MCS has just teamed up with The Cooperative Group, campaigning for marine reserves.
The UK Marine Bill was announced in the Queens Speech, and is right now being debated in Parliament to become law - at last! - in 2009!
The Scottish Marine Bill - needed to deliver sites inshore in Scotland - is due before the Scottish Parliament in Spring 2009 (see http://www.savescottishseas.org/)
Your help is needed once more! Please act now: by visiting www.marinereservesnow.org.uk and sending a NEW message of support for marine reserves, asking your MP to call for Marine Reserves in the new Marine Bill.
Thank you.Click here for a summary of the achievements of the campaign, and the history of the campaign.
