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Looking Back: Blue Learning and Green Living
By: Alexandra Kirby, Communications Intern, The Ocean Foundation When I left for Shoals Marine Laboratory on June 29th, 2014, I did not know what I was getting myself into. I …
The Complicated Relationship Between Shark Conservationists And ‘Shark Week’
Sonja Fordham, the president and founder of Shark Advocates International in Washington, D.C., said she shares Shiffman’s concerns about the focus on sharks as ruthless people-eating machines. “Obviously the threat …
A Wake-Up Call in Alaska’s Waters
OPINION: As ocean acidification emerges, it will affect Alaskans already at risk and coastal economies the most. The time to plan is now. A new study shows, for the first …
On the CREST of Sustainable Coastal Tourism: Part 4
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation The CTO/CREST 3rd Symposium for Innovators in Coastal Tourism I wrote about several days ago ended with a series of impassioned speeches …
On the CREST of Sustainable Coastal Tourism: Part 3
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation For the past several days, I have been writing about the 3rd Symposium for Innovators in Coastal Tourism, which was held in …
On the CREST of Sustainable Coastal Tourism: Part 2
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation The CTO/CREST 3rd Symposium for Innovators in Coastal Tourism I wrote about several days ago opened with a ceremony that included the …
Bring Back the Gulf
Bring Back the Gulf is a timely analysis of the scientific, environmental, legal, social and political aspects of the U.S. Interior Department’s “Rigs-to-Reefs” program and is now available as an …
Close to Home: Permanent coastal protection is almost here
On a warm evening in 1988 at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, I sat with a group of women delegates from the North Coast listening to Rachel Binah – …
On the CREST of Sustainable Coastal Tourism
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation Many of us who support ocean conservation do so by supporting and advising those who are actually getting their hands wet in …
A once in a lifetime invitation to explore the wildest corner of the Caribbean
By Fernando Bretos, Director of CMRC This October will mark the 54th year of the US embargo against Cuba. While recent polls show that even a majority of Cuban-Americans now …
An End To An Era, And A Look Into Our Next Decade
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation It is with a mixture of sorrow and pride that I announce that I have accepted the resignation of our founding Chair, …
Seagrass Research at Laguna San Ignacio Receives Recognition
Dr. Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez announced last week that all of the marine seagrass species will receive formal recognition for conservation in Mexico from the Comisión Nacional Para El Conocimento y Uso …