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SeaWeb & TOF Celebrate Partnership
The opening reception for the 2016 SeaWeb Seafood Summit celebrated the formal launch of the partnership between SeaWeb and The Ocean Foundation. As President of both organizations, Mark Spalding spoke …
Shape the Future of Sustainable Seafood
It is with great excitement that we join leaders from around the world in Malta for this year’s SeaWeb Seafood Summit. The 2016 Summit marks the first year of The …
Puny Plastic, Planetary Problem
Our 2016 Ocean Resolution #1: Let’s Stop Adding to the Problem The year 2015 brought some victories for the future of our relationship with the ocean. Now we look to 2016 …
Our Favorite Environmental Clips of 2015
There were a lot of great environmental movies and media projects in 2015. Here are a few of our favorites: Mark J. Spalding, President She Went Through a Shock …
Climate Change is Personal
by Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation Climate change just got personal again. On Tuesday, a set of storm cells formed along much of the East Coast. They …
Letter from the President
A letter from Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation When I stand next to the ocean, I am influenced once again by her magic. I realize …
Seafood Solutions
Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation We conjoined The Ocean Foundation and SeaWeb via an Organizational Partnership Agreement, which became effective on November 17th 2015. The Ocean Foundation …
Oceans Big Think
Oceans Big Think – Launching the Grand Challenges for Ocean Conservation – at Scripps Institution of Oceanography by Mark J. Spalding, President I had just spent a week in Loreto, a coastal …
For the Love of the Gulf
FOR THE LOVE OF THE GULF: TRINATIONAL INITIATIVE HOLDS 7TH MEETING by Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation The Gulf of Mexico is a familiar landmark of North …
Keep Loreto Magical
Greetings from Loreto International Airport where I am waiting to catch my plane back to LAX after a very busy week. It is always nice to be back in …
IUU Fishing Enforcement Act Signed Into Law
by Jessie Neumann, TOF Communications Assistant HR 774: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015 This February, Representative Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) reintroduced HR Bill 774 to Congress. …
Looking at the Small Details
The Colorful Blur of October Part 4: Overlooking the Great Pacific, Looking at the Small Details by Mark J. Spalding From Block Island, I headed west across the country to …
