Mediterranean
The net menders of Marseille
How a fishing co-op turned ghost nets into a living.
Since 2009 · 38 coastlines
Clean seas, together.
Tidewater pulls plastic from rivers before it reaches the sea, restores reefs and mangroves, and pays local crews a fair wage to protect the shores they call home.
A green turtle swimming up into the light. Photograph: Jeremy Bishop / StockSnap (CC0).
Every gift moves the tide
- plastic removed from rivers and beaches▲ 18% this year
- 4.2M kg
- coastlines protected, from Chittagong to Dakar6 new this year
- 38
- local crew members paid a living wage68% of them women
- 12,400
- of every dollar spent on programmesaudited by Moore Stephens
- 96¢
This year's campaign
Clean Seas 2026
We're funding 120 river barriers that stop plastic before it ever reaches the sea. Each one catches about four tonnes a year and is emptied by a crew from the village beside it.
$742,300 raised of $1,000,000 · 74% · 18,204 donors
Where we work
Crews on five continents, each chosen with the communities that live there. Drag the globe to see them.
Bay of Bengal
River barriers on the Meghna delta
Caribbean
Mangrove and reef restoration
Mediterranean
Fishing-net recovery with local fleets
Pacific Northwest
Kelp forests and urban run-off
Where each dollar goes
- Clean-ups52%
- Habitat restoration30%
- Education14%
- Running costs4%
Stories from the shore
Keep scrolling: the stories slide past while the page holds still.
Caribbean
Mangroves come home
Twelve thousand seedlings and the storm surge they stopped.
Bay of Bengal
A river that runs clear
The barrier that caught 90 tonnes in its first monsoon.
Coral Triangle
Night shift on the reef
Divers who replant coral by moonlight, one fragment at a time.
West Africa
The last landfill beach
A shoreline that went from dump to nesting ground in four years.
Join a beach clean
Gloves, bags and a sausage sizzle provided. Bring a hat.
Brighton beach clean
Gloves, grabbers and coffee provided. All ages welcome.
River Lea litter survey
Help scientists map where plastic enters the river.
Winter dune planting
Plant marram grass to protect the dunes from storms.