Building Capacity
Blue Mind Cover Story in Surf Magazine
Wallace J. Nichols, TOF project coordinator, is the featured cover story this June for Surfer Magazine. He talks about his recently published book, Blue Mind, which made a run on The New York …
3 Keys to Saving Tobacco Caye
by Michael Bourie, TOF Intern After spending last Christmas bundled up inside avoiding the snow, I decided to spend this past winter season in the Caribbean taking a tropical marine ecology …
The Imperiled Arctic
To help the general public better understand and engage current issues in the Arctic, a one-hour presentation has been developed by TOF Advisor Richard Steiner for the general public, using …
Ocean Sustainability and Global Resource Management
Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation Last month I went to the port city of Kiel, which is the capital of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. I was …
Ocean Acidification: The Crisis Upon Us
TOF President, Mark Spalding, writes of the widespread and universal dangers we face today from ocean acidification and the steps that need to be taken to prevent and prepare. “Carbon dioxide pollution …
TOF Advisor, Chris Palmer Releases New Book
TOF Advisor, Chris Palmer had just released his new book, Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker: The Challenges of Staying Honest in an Industry Where Ratings Are King. Buy it here, …
Save the Vaquita
Efforts taken to date by Mexico, the United States, and the global community have been helpful, but have not been sufficient to save the vaquita from extinction. Conserving the species …
Vaquita To Go Extinct for Consumer Interests
On February 2nd, we at The Ocean Foundation posted a blog about status of the efforts to protect the endangered Vaquita porpoise in the Upper Gulf of California in Mexico. In …
SeaWeb Sustainable Seafood Conference
SeaWeb Sustainable Seafood Conference – New Orleans 2015 by Mark J. Spalding, President As you may have noticed from other posts, last week I was in New Orleans attending the …
Lionfish Cook-off Challenge
As part of the three day Sustainable Seafood Summit, SeaWeb and The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (NMSF) hosted the cook-off, “Lionfish Challenge – Malicious but Delicious!” The event – emceed …
Preorder Deborah Cramer’s book, The Narrow Edge
After logging in thousands of miles traveling from one end of the earth to the other following a plucky little bird on its near miraculous migration, and then spending more …
Behavioral Change for the Ocean
By Mark J. Spalding, President We know that we want to improve people’s relationship with the ocean. We want to steer a course towards a world in which we value …