Strengthening Ocean Conservation Globally by Connecting People, Telling Stories, Sharing Science
What’s Funny About Climate Change? Farting Cows and Furless Polar Bears Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs (Bow Seat) announced the winners of the 2022 Ocean Awareness Contest, an international arts competition …
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Contributed By Zoie Diana DURHAM, N.C. – Earth is awash in plastic. It litters our landscapes and waterways, overflows landfills, and increasingly threatens human and environmental health worldwide. And because …
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Contributed by Genevieve Renaud-Byrne,Marine Scientist & Project Manager at Elkhorn Marine Conservancy (EMC) After growing over 1500 coral fragments in their nurseries, the non-profit Elkhorn Marine Conservancy is now planting …
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Contributed By Rachel Plunkett Nearly fifty years ago, a new era of ocean conservation was born by creating a system of national marine sanctuaries. Since then, the National Marine Sanctuary …
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Contributed By Elizabeth Moore By Any Other Name We humans like to name things, placing monikers on everything around us—cliffs, coves, bays, anything of geographic significance. We renamed as new …
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By Tonya Wiley, Havenworth Coastal Conservation Sawfish are majestic marine animals that were once found in coastal waters of the United States from Texas to North Carolina. Unfortunately, decades of mortality …
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All Photo Credit Ed Marshall – Plastic nurdles, Norfolk, January 2019. A new report by international wildlife conservation charity, Fauna & Flora International (FFI), highlights the disastrous impact of plastic pellet …
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The new Green Fins Hub offers enhanced and global membership for participating dive and snorkel operators to conserve the marine environment Bristol, UK – Sustainable marine tourism is receiving a …
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The Madagascar Whale Shark Project is announcing a new way for ocean lovers to support its efforts to protect endangered whale sharks. The project has launched a donation-based Patreon page to enable followers to support …
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Wild Fish Conservancy A bombshell ruling from Seattle’s federal Court landed Monday evening calling out the federal government for failing to protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales (SRKWs) and wild Chinook by …
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