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Sea Drawn, Yet Landlocked
By Phoebe Turner President, George Washington University Sustainable Oceans Alliance; Intern, The Ocean Foundation Despite the fact that I grew up in the land locked state of Idaho, water has …
Cownose Ray of the Chesapeake Bay
Author: Maggie Bass, with support from Beryl Dann Margaret Bass is a biology major at Eckerd College and is part of the TOF intern community. Two hundred years ago, the …
Cownose Ray Not to Blame for Trophic Cascade
In a new study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, a team of scientists led by Florida State University’s Dean Grubbs counters a widely cited 2007 study that found that …
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 …
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 …
A New Partnership for the Ocean
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SeaWeb and The Ocean Foundation Form Partnership for the Ocean Silver Spring, MD (November 17, 2015) — As part of its 20th Anniversary celebration, SeaWeb …
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. …
An Island, the Ocean and Managing the Future
The Colorful Blur of October Part 3: An Island, the Ocean and Managing the Future by Mark J. Spalding As I wrote before, fall is a busy season for conferences …
A Gem of an Island
The Colorful Blur of October Part 2: A Gem of an Island by Mark J. Spalding Next, I traveled to Block Island, Rhode Island, which is located about 13 nautical miles …
Ocean Acidification – A Ubiquitous Problem
Author: Mark J. Spalding, President This week I was lucky to be part of an Ocean Acidification (OA) Roundtable co-hosted by Mote Marine Laboratory and Ocean Conservancy in Sarasota, Florida. …
ORIGIN Magazine Features TOF Ocean Heroes
We like to think that parts of The Ocean Foundation community gather regularly— at scientific meetings, in our offices, and on other occasions— all individual but sharing a dedication to …
Ocean Connectors Graduate as LEADers
Ocean Connectors has been using migratory marine life to educate, inspire, and connect underserved youth since 2007. The nonprofit has achieved great success, with programs reaching 1,500 National City schoolchildren …
