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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Category: Ocean Literacy
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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Children’s Books on Ocean Plastic
I am a children’s author from the UK and I have written a series of children’s picture books which highlight the problems of plastic in our oceans. I would like …
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Green Fins #AlternativesToAnchoring Infographic release!
By: The Reef-World Foundation #AlternativesToAnchoring is the second Action Point of the Green Fins IYOR 2018 social media campaign! If you have been following the campaign, you might have noticed …
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Green Fins IYOR 2018 Campaign – Part 2: Alternatives to Anchoring
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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Collateral Damage: Heartbreak and Hope for the Critically Endangered Vaquita Porpoise
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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Jack’s May Photo: Grey Reef Shark
Grey Reef Shark – Photo taken in Palau The Gray Reef Shark, also known as the Bronze Whaler Shark, Short Nose Blacktail, or Carcharhinus Amblyrhynchos, is a beautiful medium sized …
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Rising Tide Conference at AltaSea
A crowd of 125 innovators, entrepreneurs, environmental activists and marine biologist turned out for the first ever Rising Tide Conference at AltaSea’s City Dock No. 1 campus on March 28. …
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