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Oil and Gas Regulators Look to Industry to Police Itself, Four Years After Deepwater Horizon
When more than 200 million gallons of oil was set free into the Gulf, it exposed more than a few issues. In response, a presidential commission prescribed a number of …
3rd Anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
By Cynthia Sarthou, Executive Director, Gulf Restoration Network and Bethany Kraft, Director, Gulf Restoration Program, Ocean Conservancy The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster severely impacted portions of the Gulf …
Marine Conservation for the 21st Century
By Jerry McCormick-Ray and G. Carleton Ray, TOF Board of Advisor Members There is an anxiety about the oceans that concerns us all. The icons that we wish to protect …
Happy Earth Day!
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation Earth Day is Monday, April 22nd Earlier this month, I came home excited about what I had seen and heard at the CGBD …
The Thermoregulating Ectotherm
By Jake Zadik, a former communications intern with The Ocean Foundation who is now studying in Cuba. So, you ask, what is a thermoregulating ectotherm? The word “ectotherm” refers to …
Our Sea Turtle Community
Mark Spalding Some years back, I was at a conference in far northern Malaysia not far from the Thai border. One of the highlights of that trip was our night …
Feds Propose Doubling Size of Protected Areas Off North Coast
Permanent protection from oil drilling off the Sonoma and southern Mendocino County coast appears imminent, anti-drilling advocates and local officials said Monday, as a federal agency unveiled a plan to …
Environmental SWAT Team Tests Runoff To Nab Polluters
L.A. Waterkeeper inspectors collect samples during rainstorms and have them analyzed in an effort to force polluters to clean up. L.A. Waterkeeper is one of the recipients of our Coastal …
More, Bigger, Better Marine Conservation
Author: Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation Recently one of my peers referred to doing more conservation as addressing the problem of how to take marine protection to …
Global Bycatch Patterns of Marine Megafauna
Check out Wallace J. Nichols’ paper on global bycatch patterns that was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Click here.
Pew Awards Scientist Hoyt Peckham the 2014 Fellowship in Marine Conservation
Hoyt Peckham, Ph.D., a pioneer of incentivizing artisanal fishing to advance marine stewardship based in La Paz, México, has been awarded a 2014 Pew fellowship in marine conservation to expand …
Ocean Connectors’ Students Bring Good “Whale Luck!”
By Frances Kinney, Director, Ocean Connectors Ocean Connectors students are getting a reputation for being good-luck aboard the Marrietta. In partnership with Flagship Cruises and Events, Ocean Connectors brings 400 …
