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Introducing New Board of Advisors Members (3 of 3)
By Angel Braestrup — Chair, TOF Board of Advisors In early March 2012, The Ocean Foundation Board of Directors held its spring meeting. As President Mark Spalding presented his summary …
Impact of Deep-Water Oil Rigs on Gulf of Mexico Corals Needs Better Monitoring
By Wendy Williams Coverage of the 5th International Deep Sea Coral Symposium, Amsterdam AMSTERDAM, NL (April 4, 2012) – Long-term monitoring of the environmental impact of deep-water oil rigs in …
Protecting Deep Seas on the High Seas
Coverage of the 5th International Deep Sea Coral Symposium, Amsterdam AMSTERDAM, NL – How much progress the world is making in controlling “illegal” deep-sea fishing on the high seas depends …
Focus on Ocean Food Webs: Response to the Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force Report, “Little Fish, Big Impact”
by Kenneth Stump, Ocean Policy Fellow at The Ocean Foundation Forage Fish (School of Goldband Fusilier, Pterocaesio chrysozona. Papua New Guinea – Source: Wikimedia Commons) As much as a third …
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
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 House, where the …
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” …
