The Second International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC2) - an interdisciplinary meeting designed to put conservation science back into practice by bringing together natural and social scientists, managers, policy-makers, and the public - was held May 14-18, 2011 at the Victoria Conference Centre in Victoria, British Columbia.  COMPASS hosted a media fellowship for 12 journalists to attend the meeting, organized the meeting's kickoff event, hosted a marine mixer for marine scientists and journalists, and conducted a min