A deep dive into Japan’s questionable treatment of marine life
Japan is in many ways a world leading nation, but when it comes to protecting their marine life they are falling way short of the mark. With commercial whaling, auctioning …
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Category: Ocean Literacy
Mercury Toxicity as a Cause for Stranded Marine Mammals is not a Mystery
Dr. Bill McGraw, Boquete, Panama www.newaquatechpanama.com Approximately 37% of marine mammals are in danger of extinction. The main apparent and reported concern regarding the death of whales and dolphins is …
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Oceana Finds Seafood Fraud Persists, More Than 20% of Samples Mislabeled
Oceana Calls on Government to Require Boat-to-Plate Traceability for All Seafood Oceana released the results of a new seafood fraud investigation, finding that 1 in every 5 fish tested was mislabeled. …
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Resources for World Oceans Day
World Oceans Day is a global day of ocean celebration and collaboration for a better future. This site serves as a central coordinating platform for World Oceans Day, with free resources and ideas …
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Plastics are forever.
By Tom Brinkworth The rise of the global anti-plastic discourse was born from the visual effects of plastic pollution. A six-pack ringed turtle, a plastic ensnared dolphin or the waste-filled belly …
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Hairy Frogfish – Lembeh Indonesia: Jack’s December 2018 Underwater Photography Feature
This is the hairy looking beast is the striated frogfish and you’re not gonna believe how it catches it’s food. Why do they call it the hairy frogfish? The fish …
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Toxic Algae Blooms
By Dr Bill McGraw Aquaculture and Environmental Scientist Losses due to toxic algal blooms are reported to be in excess of $82 million to all associated marine industries, not to …
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Images from Florida’s Red Tide
Scroll through some Instagram user-generated photography to see effects of the Florida’s toxic red tide. Captions and comments are those of individual users and not necessarily those of SEVENSEAS …
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Killer starfish and explosive fishing: The everyday people taking a stand against threats to coral
Words and pictures by Elizabeth Fitt Finning through coral carpeted shallows, a group of scuba divers makes their way slowly back and forth across a remote reef in the Celebes …
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Saving Coral Reefs with Biosecure, Zero Water Exchange Aquaculture
Dr Bill McGraw, Aquaculture and Environmental Scientist www.newaquatechpanama.com Coral reefs support approximately 25 percent of all known marine species. As one of the most complex ecosystems on the planet, coral reefs …
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