The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (NMSF) is a private, nonprofit organization that connects people to the underwater places that define the American ocean: national marine sanctuaries. Areas in our ocean and Great Lakes set aside for their cultural and ecological significance, sanctuaries protect the very best of the American ocean for the next generation.
NMSF strives to fulfill its mission of enhancing national marine sanctuaries in their goal to protect essential U.S. marine areas and to ensure a healthy ocean and to realize NMSF’s vision of an expanded and strengthen network of national marine sanctuaries for the benefit of current and future generations.