Freediving in Dominica
I think the question every freediver gets asked at least once is “what do you think when you are down there?”. The first answer is “nothing”. But then I realize …
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Category: Stories from the Sea
Lessons About Hope from the Seas in the Coral Triangle
by Liz Cunningham with photographs by Jennifer Penner So many people ask me, “Is there any hope for the seas?” I tell them “Yes” and often I tell a story …
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Diving Dreams and Solo Travel
By Victoria Bell Inspired by a quick research trip my senior year, I decided to spend some time working at a dive shop in Roatán, Honduras after college. I was …
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SmallScaleOA: A Win-Win for Academia, Industry, Community, and Conservation
By Katharine (Kat) Leigh My passion has been, and always will be, ocean conservation. Seafood is my focus. This has driven me to seek sustainable solutions for fisheries like kick-starting …
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Two Rehabilitated Turtles Released off Juno Beach, Florida
Loggerhead Marinelife Center is a nonprofit sea turtle research, rehabilitation and educational institution that promotes conservation of ocean ecosystems with a focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles. The Center …
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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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Plastic Whale Creates Value from Plastic Waste
By Kevin Majoros Banner photo above by Floris Kok All over the world, creative conservationists are repurposing plastics into items that can be used daily. Everything from apparel to household …
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Vieques, Puerto Rico and the two dive sites you cannot miss
By Tania Puell & Arnaud Erhart Isla Nena Scuba Scuba is Reopening in November! Vieques, the small island off the eastern seaboard of Puerto Rico and best known …
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Sailfish off of the Yucatan
Photos and Story by Pete Oxford and Reneé Bish “Don’t end up as a kebab!” my friend Pete Atkinson Skyped me after I’d told him about my upcoming adventure. It …
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