Stories
Unearthing the Most Ancient of Apartment Complexes
By Wendy Williams Coverage of the 5th International Deep Sea Coral Symposium, Amsterdam “Ancient Coral Reefs” by By Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) (The Wonderful Paleo Art of Heinrich Harder) AMSTERDAM, NL, …
Introducing New Board of Advisors Members (2 of 3)
By Angel Braestrup — Chair, TOF Board of Advisors The Board approved an expansion of the Board of Advisors at its meeting last fall. In our previous post, we introduced …
Introducing New Board of Advisors Members (1 of 3)
By Angel Braestrup — Chair, TOF Board of Advisors On the eve of the spring Board meeting of The Ocean Foundation, I found myself marveling at the willingness of our …
From Rembrandt’s Workshop to Corals of the Deep Sea
By Wendy Williams Coverage of the 5th International Deep Sea Coral Symposium, Amsterdam Rembrandt’s Atelier in Amsterdam AMSTERDAM, NL, April 2, 2012 – On the top floor of the Rembrandt …
It is About the Fish…Really.
By Mark J. Spalding — President, The Ocean Foundation Question: Why are we talking about wild-caught fish? There are so many more ocean industry sectors, and so many issues that …
The World Oceans Summit
By Mark J. Spalding — President, The Ocean Foundation This week I am in Singapore at the World Oceans Summit hosted by The Economist. This Pacific location was chosen because …
The voyages of Admiral Zheng He
Greetings from Singapore. I am here to attend the World Oceans Summit hosted by The Economist. On my transition day between the 21 hours of flying to get here and …
One Year Later
Thank you! It is the one-year anniversary of Ocean Leadership Fund! We have raised over $835,000 from both individuals and foundations to support one of the most important “value added” …
From the macro to the micro
Last week, I was in Newport Beach, CA where we held our annual Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop, which profiles the research done in the Southern California Bight during the …
U.S. Fish Policy
Earlier this month, I was quoted in an article in the Washington Post “U.S. tightens fishing policy, setting 2012 catch limits for all managed species” by Juliet Eilperin (page A-1, …
A Guest Blog from Shark Advocates
Shark Advocates International (SAI) is excited about starting our second full year as a project of The Ocean Foundation (TOF). Thanks to TOF, we are well poised to ramp up …
President’s Trip Report, Pacific Islands
by Mark J. Splading I am sitting in front of a hotel in Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico watching frigate birds and pelicans gorging themselves on a run of fish. …
