About the MIT Society for Ocean Conservation
MITSOC was founded after the Mission 2011 (fall 2007) Terrascope class because a group of us wanted to continue to work on the problems currently facing our ocean resources.Of the many ways to work on this issue, we decided to focus on public education and lobbing efforts.
Meeting Time
Our current meeting time is Mondays at 8:00pm in 16-168. Come join us!The use of overly efficient fishing technology, the lack of sufficient scientific data regarding the oceans, the ignorance and apathy of humanity, and the insufficient implementation of existing maritime agreements is resulting in a decrease in the biodiversity of the ocean, changes to ocean chemistry, changes in the genetic makeup of marine populations, disturbances to food webs, collapse of fish stocks, and irreparable damage to marine ecosystems, the fishing industry, and all people dependent on fish.