Stories
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 …
As Oceans Month Draws to an End
June 8 was World Oceans Day, the President declared June to be National Oceans Month and many seem to have decided that is should be a global effort, deeming June …
TOF Announced Friends of Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network
During the “Our Ocean” conference this week TOF President, Mark J. Spalding, announced the formation of the Friends of the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network, an affinity fund for the …
World Oceans Day: A Chance to Remember Complex Connections
Mark Spalding In advance of my most recent trip to Mexico, I had the good fortune to participate with other ocean-minded colleagues, including TOF Board member Samantha Campbell, in an …