Feature Destination: Top Reasons for Nature & Wildlife Lovers to Visit The San Juan Island

Whether you’re an avid birder, an aspiring oceanographer, or just enjoy having a trail under your feet, extraordinary natural experiences await. Rocky shorelines, old growth forest, and a serene Salish Sea create homes for a motley crew of wildlife species. Read more…

Feature Destination: San Juan Islands Washington

As your ferry glides through the San Juan Islands, feel yourself unwind. Watch for bald eagles and listen for the spouts of orca or humpback whales. You won’t find fast food, stoplights, or jet skis, you will find “orcaholics” and enclaves of creativite vitality. Read more…

Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2022 to Celebrate 50 Years of Ocean and Coastal Protection

The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation announced the theme for Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW) in 2022 will be “Sea: the Future,” looking back at 50 years of the ocean and coastal protection and toward the next 50 years. Read more…

Humpback Whales Breach – Under the Waves with Karim Iliya

Grey Reef Shark in Palau – Jack’s Underwater Photograph

Small-Scale Tuna Sector Push for ‘Polluter Pays’ Principle in Atlantic

Concerns have been building since bigeye tuna was formally declared overfished by scientists of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in 2015. This year, seven years after the first scientific assessment, scientists still have to conclude that the population (or so-called “stock”) is overfished. Read more…

Seaweed Supplements Could Significantly Reduce Livestock Methane Emissions

As Cop26 continues to debate methane – with the US And EU has pledged to reduce agricultural methane outputs from ruminant livestock by upwards of 30% by 2030 – scientists at the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast are to feed seaweed to farm animals in a bid to slash methane by at least 30%. Read more…

Scientists Discover New Hydrothermal Vents and Possible New Species in the Gulf of California

A multidisciplinary team of scientists from Mexico and the U.S. discovered new hydrothermal vents and six possible new animal species during a 33-day expedition off the coast of La Paz on Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor. The underwater robot ROV SuBastian was used to explore and sample vents emitting fluids at temperatures up to 287°C (549°F). Read more…

Bow Seat Announces Student Winners of Global Environmental Arts Competition

Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs (Bow Seat) announced the winners of the 2021 Ocean Awareness Contest, an international art competition that engages youth in creatively raising awareness of and inspiring action on environmental issues impacting our blue planet. Read more…

Global Network Takes Stock of Human Adaptation to Climate Change

As society experiences increasingly frequent and severe natural hazard events and environmental stressors—while making little progress at reducing carbon emissions—the need to adapt to the changing climate has become starkly clear. Read more…

Book Suggestion: WHALE SHARK, Biology, Ecology, and Conservation (Simon Pierce’s Interview)

Whale sharks are the largest of all fishes, fascinating for comparative studies of all manner of biological fields, including functional anatomy, growth, metabolism, movement ecology, behavior and physiology. These gentle ocean giants have captured the interest of scientists and the imagination of the public, yet their future is uncertain. Read more…

The 2021 State of The Sound Report Shows Our Collective Efforts to Protect & Restore Puget Sound Have made a Difference

The Puget Sound Partnership released its biennial State of the Sound report, which assesses the health of the Puget Sound ecosystem and progress towards its recovery. While Puget Sound is not doing well, there are signs we are making progress. “When tribal, federal, state, and local decision-makers work together to protect and restore Puget Sound, the ecosystem improves.” Read more…

Powerful Anti-Capitalist Speech by Greta Thunberg at Glasgow Climate Change Conference

18-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke on Nov. 8 at the rally of 100,000 in Glasgow organized by Fridays for Future, an international movement of students which grew out of her climate strike outside the Swedish parliament that began in 2018. Read more…

Northern Chumash Tribal Council Celebrates Decision to Advance Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Designation

The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation joined tribal, national and community leaders in celebrating the initiation of Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary’s designation process, announced today by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read more…

A Story of Amazing Jellyfishes by Morè Marianna

It is commonly known as the fried egg jellyfish, and no other name would have been more appropriate. It has a dark yellow cupola on top of its bell, a transparent flounce, and it moves like an egg being flipped by a cook. I swim besides a Mediterranean Cassiopeia – Cotylorhiza tuberculata by its classification name – and observe it closely while it floats through the sea. Read more…

Holiday Gift Guide: Practical Buying Tips From a SUP Pro

As the end of the year approaches, it’s time once again to start thinking about Christmas gifts and good fitness resolutions for the new year. Stand-up paddling is the latest trend in sport and is perfect for those who enjoy spending time on rivers, lakes, and seashores. Read more…

Cuba Under Immediate Threat From Climate Change

Cuba’s delegation to Cop26 tells DR LAUREN COLLINS about the island’s approach to adapting to the effects of global warming, the challenges it faces and its hopes for the outcome of this crucial world summit. Read more…

Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers Named #1 Value of Resort

Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers has been voted the #1 resort in the Pacific/Indian Ocean region in the value-for-money category in Scuba Diving magazine’s annual readers’ poll of the best destinations, dive resorts, dive operators and liveaboard vessels. Read more…

SAWFISH NEWS: Havenworth Coastal Conservation Angler and Diver Guidelines for Interactions with Endangered Sawfish

The population of smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in the United States experienced a dramatic decline during the 20th century due to overfishing and habitat loss. Given the decline, NOAA Fisheries listed the U.S. population of smalltooth sawfish as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2003. Read more…

Why Conventional Floating Solar PV Systems Will Fail in The Ocean

According to IRENA, floating solar is an emerging market with a high potential for rapid growth. While freshwater floating PV is being installed in more than 40 countries worldwide, seawater floating PV is a new market. In contrast to freshwater floating PV. Read more…