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Friends of Coastal Coordination

Coordination provided by the innovative “Adopt an Ocean” project is now building on a three-decade bipartisan tradition of protecting sensitive waters from risky offshore drilling.

Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop

By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation The room was alive with greetings and chatter as the participants gather for the first session.  We were in the conference facility …

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The Ocean Solution

By Richard Salas With the decline of the big-fish species in the last 50-60 years our ocean’s food web is out of balance, which spells trouble for us all.  The ocean …

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Ocean Acidification from Domestic to International

By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation A version of this blog originally appeared on National Geographic’s Ocean Views The other week was bookended by talking about ocean acidification. …

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Attempt to Down List Manatees

There is an attempt to “down list” manatees from endangered to threatened. We encourage you to send the attached one-page “comment” letter as provided to the US Fish & Wildlife …

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A Wake-Up Call in Alaska’s Waters

Co-authors: Jeremy T. Mathis, Ph.D., Oceanographer, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle and Steve Colt, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage This editorial is drawn from a study …

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Looking Back: Blue Learning and Green Living

By: Alexandra Kirby, Communications Intern, The Ocean Foundation When I left for Shoals Marine Laboratory on June 29th, 2014, I did not know what I was getting myself into. I …

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The Complicated Relationship Between Shark Conservationists And ‘Shark Week’

Sonja Fordham, the president and founder of Shark Advocates International in Washington, D.C., said she shares Shiffman’s concerns about the focus on sharks as ruthless people-eating machines. “Obviously the threat …

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A Wake-Up Call in Alaska’s Waters

OPINION: As ocean acidification emerges, it will affect Alaskans already at risk and coastal economies the most. The time to plan is now. A new study shows, for the first …

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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 – …

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, …

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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 …