BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese prosecutors have stepped up their public interest litigation against offenders polluting the oceanic environment in an effort to strengthen marine conservation.

Procuratorates nationwide have handled 2,468 tip-offs about marine violations and filed 1,773 cases amid a special campaign launched in February 2019 by the Supreme People's Procuratorate to oversee offenses damaging marine ecology, the Legal Daily reported Friday.

Procuratorial organs have issued 1,411 suggestions urging offenders to correct their misconducts through pre-litigation procedures over the past year, and brought 152 public interest litigation cases before courts, the report said.