Salem Sound Coastwatch is a non-profit coastal watershed association that works with government agencies, businesses, other non-profit organizations and citizens from the communities of Manchester, Beverly, Danvers, Peabody, Salem, and Marblehead, Massachusetts. Salem Sound Coastwatch is dedicated to taking cooperative action to protect and enhance the environmental quality of the Salem Sound Watershed. Salem Sound Coastwatch works to achieve this mission through municipal partnering, scientific investigation, education, and stewardship. Our top priorities are protection of coastal habitat, commercial and recreational marine resources, and water quality.



Our vision captures the Sound as a thriving regional centerpiece: a place where the shore and the sea are accessible for recreation and study, a place attractive to environmentally aware business ventures, a place to renew and replenish the spirit. We see a far-reaching cooperative stewardship among the communities which share the Sound's resources and beauty.