We want to build towards a deeper understanding of our oceans and the wildlife that makes its home there by sharing incredible facts, scientific discoveries, and critical issues with everyone via outreach and media. We are committed to education of the next generation, sharing our passion for the sea and its wonders, and ensuring we are working towards protecting them for the future. Part of this is encouraging and advocating a more sustainable lifestyle, promoting recycling and mindful product choices, and empowering us all to make conscious decisions to help preserve this natural habitat.

We aim for protection of endangered marine species, and to learn all we can about how we are impacting the life history of marine megafauna, particularly pinnipeds, through our human habits and interactions.

We believe in mindfulness and being in tune with nature as a way to live, and want to build a bluer world, where humans exist happily and healthily alongside all the other species that call this planet home. Within this, we support a vibrant and diverse scientific community, with viable employment options.

Information

Our website provides up to date and accurate information on marine megafauna, with particular spotlight on our namesake, the pinnipeds! This can be used by school children, students, adults and researchers as a reference point, and provides information in a simple and understandable way.

We also regularly share the results of global marine research studies which involve pinnipeds on our Twitter page, as well as good news/ bad news stories, and ways you can help seals or get involved with marine biology initiatives or projects. On Sundays we post seal facts from around the world on our Instagram page under the hashtag #SealSunday.

We aim to both celebrate the incredible nature that we share the planet with, and create understanding and awareness for marine creatures and the problems that they face.

Education

Pinniped runs dedicated marine education sessions for schools, delivering immersive talks and presentations for all age groups and backgrounds, sharing stories from our work. These are aimed at informing young people about the natural world under the sea and inspiring them to care about conservation and take action to help. We also run talks and presentations on our current science work for adult interest groups which aim to communicate the latest knowledge on these marine animals, and advocate more sustainable life choices which will better support them in their natural habitat.

Additionally, our science work and experiences in the field are used to create short films highlighting issues facing our marine environment. These are designed to be shareable on social platforms, creating awareness alongside a sense of responsibility for preserving our blue planet for future generations.

Ocean Advocacy

Pinniped’s other goal is to advocate a responsible attitude towards the way we live our daily lives. To this end we are creating sustainable and natural products for our brand which help you make responsible, environmentally-friendly choices in your day to day. The profits of which go straight back into learning more about the ocean. We encourage recycling, reducing plastic, mindfulness, and living in tune with nature.. and hope for an end to wasteful practices and the destruction of natural habitats.

Marine Research

We conduct marine research projects with the goal of better understanding the  lives and needs of marine megafauna in the world’s oceans. A heavy focus of this work is looking at human impacts on the marine environment, and searching for ways to manage and mitigate. We aim to maintain the highest standard of research and to create opportunities for young people to study marine wildlife, and build careers that help to resolve problems of human-wildlife conflict. The work is enabled directly through the proceeds of our own fundraising, as well as by identifying external funding sources.

We are a environmentally responsible Social Enterprise. This means that 100% of our profits go back into our mission to support and advocate the oceans, educate young people for the future, and fund important scientific work on marine megafauna.

If you would like to support us you can visit our shop, donate to our latest project, or just join our community to stay connected.