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Participate in research in Cuba
Ever dreamed of seeing Cuba? Wonder what keeps those old rat rod cars running? What about all the hype about Cuba’s well-preserved coastal habitats? This year The Ocean Foundation received …
Newly minted Maine chef spreads word on sustainable seafood
The alarming headlines are everywhere: “Overfished and under-protected: Oceans on the brink of catastrophic collapse”(CNN); “Scientists predict saltwater fish extinction” (Huffington Post); “The end of fish” (The Washington Post). They …
Smithsonian’s ‘Shark Girl’ Dives Deep Into Conservation
Sharks also serve a role in eco-tourism, said Sonja Fordham, shark conservationist and president of the non-profit Shark Advocates International. Some sharks become popular draws for tourists and some preserve …
TOF funded report finds site of mega-development project in Mexico is a biodiversity hotspot
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside have published a report on the terrestrial biodiversity of the Cabo Pulmo region that shows the project is situated in an area of …
Our Ocean Backyard: Marine Sanctuaries Move North
The National Marine Sanctuary system is now moving forward with an expansion of the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, the northern most outposts of California’s …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Scientists letter for high seas biodiversity agreement
Many of us believe that a new high seas biodiversity agreement, based on the precautionary principle and ecosystem approach, is necessary for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in …