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Visitors to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary at Inspiration Point. Photo: Claire Fackler / NOAA By Matt Coomer, Marine Conservation Institute Communications Coordinator Every year, the Channel Islands …
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1. Letter from the Editor, June 2018 Happy World Ocean’s Day & Happy Pride 2018. 2. Freediving for Marine Conservation with Tara Abrina Tara Abrina has leveraged two networks, freediving …
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By The Reef-World Foundation All divers can relate to those terrifying moments underwater during the first few years of their diving careers, feeling helpless and completely out of control. Some …
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By Andrew Bruckner, Georgia Coward, Coral Reef CPR The most devastating coral bleaching event affecting reefs worldwide unfolded between 2015 and2017. Over 80% of the world’s reefs bleached, triggering massive coral die-offs. …
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What’s better than a week diving off of Komodo Island in Indonesia? Diving off of Komodo Island in Indonesia AND getting to stretch your arms and legs in Bali. This month, …
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A group of large fish reflect the sunlight in the waters of Raja Ampat, Indonesia Karim was published in National Geographic magazine for his humpback whale photography. He now leads …
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Bluestripe Snapper – Photo taken in Palau The (common) bluestripe snapper, bluestripe sea perch or blue-line snapper, Lutjanus kasmira, is a species of snapper native to the Indian Ocean from …
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Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken. —John Keats, “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer,” 1817 It’s high noon on …
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Scientists are a step closer to understanding what draws white sharks each spring to the “White Shark Café”, an offshore aggregation area halfway between Mexico and Hawaii in the Pacific. An interdisciplinary …
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These tiny porpoises have been driven to the brink of extinction by illegal fishing nets off the coast of Mexico. To save them, these nets must be removed immediately. But …
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