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Unabashed, Hardshell Turtle Love
By: Kama Dean, TOF Program Officer Over the past few decades, a movement has been growing; a movement to understand, recover and protect the world’s sea turtles. This past month, …
WHMSI: Being Good Neighbors to Support Migratory Animals
By: Mark J. Spalding, President I had the great good fortune to spend the early part of this week at a special meeting with our partners at the international division …
Marine Advocacy Isn’t Just For The Scientists: A Former Intern’s Perspective
By: Kate Maude For most of my childhood, I dreamt of the ocean. Growing up in a small suburb of Chicago, family trips to the coast only occurred every two …
Arctic Shipping is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
By Richard Steiner When the Malaysian freighter Selendang Ayu grounded in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands eight years ago this week, it was a tragic reminder of the growing risks of northern …
The Underwater Cultural Heritage of World War II
Each year at this time, we take time to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor that shocked the United States into the Pacific theater of World War II. Last month, …
Feel the Ocean Move: The Ocean Foundation’s 2012 Annual Report
By Mark J. Spalding We are all part of a vast, complex, but not infinite, system. The ocean is the core of the Earth’s life support systems that provide us …
There’s More to that Label than Meets the Eye
By Miranda Ossolinski I have to admit that I knew more about research than about ocean conservation issues when I first started interning at The Ocean Foundation during the summer …
The Last Refuge
by Brad Nahill, Director & Co-Founder of SEEtheWILD A wide beach on a warm clear evening may be the most relaxing setting on earth. We weren’t likely to come across …
Deadly Serious: Acid Oceans and What We Must Do
by Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation Last week I was in Monterey, California for the 3rd International Symposium on the Ocean in a High CO2 World, which was …
Ignorance is Not Bliss: New Study on the Status of Unassessed Fish Stocks Underscores Global Threat Posed By Overfishing
by Kenneth Stump, Ocean Policy Fellow at The Ocean Foundation Overfishing (and the use of destructive fishing gear) is often cited as one of the two greatest threats to animals …
A Fish Farming Field Trip to China
by Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation Looking out the hotel window onto Hong Kong Harbor provides a view that spans centuries of international trade and history. From …
Hurricane Isaac and the Value of Coastal Wetlands
by Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation Helen Wood Park in Alabama Following Hurricane Isaac (8/30/2012) During the tropical cyclone season, it is natural that discussion about …
