Read about our successes, from the designation of the world’s largest no-take marine reserve in the Indian Ocean to the signing of the world’s largest conservation agreement in the Canadian boreal forest.

Success Story: Bristol Bay - A National Treasure

• The Obama administration decides to withdraw Bristol Bay from consideration for oil and gas development until 2017.

Success Story: Chagos - Jewel of the Indian Ocean

• Chagos is designated as the world's largest no-take marine reserve and all commercial fishing in its waters end.

Success Story: Keeping the Earth Cool - Canada's Boreal Forest

• After negotiations between 20 timber companies and nine leading environmental organizations, the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement is decided upon.

Success Story: Preserving America's Wildest Lands

• The Omnibus Public Land Management Act becomes the first environmental bill signed into law by President Barack Obama.

Success Story: Protecting Australia's Coral Sea

• The Australian federal environment minister recognizes the value of the Coral Sea by designating the portion that is within Australian waters a Conservation Zone.

Success Story: Protecting Marine Treasures in the Pacific

• U.S. President George W. Bush designates three areas in the Pacific Ocean as marine national monuments.

Success Story: Rebuilding America's Fisheries with One Single Act

• Pew reviews some remarkable successes to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Success Story: Reeling in Illegal Fishing

• The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization adopts the Agreement of Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.

Success Story: Sea Change in New England

• The New England Fishery Management Council approves 19 fishing cooperatives along the coast and votes to manage groundfish with a hard catch limit instead of days-at-sea.