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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. …
Sharks and Rays for 31 Days
Artist Jen Richards, has been obsessed with marine life for as long as she since she can remember. Fortunately, we had the opportunity to interview her and talk about her …
International Save the Vaquita Day
Author: Luke Elder, Research Analyst, The Ocean Foundation WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? Meaning “little cow” in Spanish, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is one of six species of “true” porpoise and …
Splendors of Seagrass
Jessie Neumann, TOF Communications Assistant Seagrass. Ever heard of it? We talk about seagrass a lot here at The Ocean Foundation. But what exactly is it and why is it …
Vaquita in the Fast Lane to Extinction
No one set out to make the vaquita go extinct exactly. It was no one’s target species. It is not intentionally caught in the gillnets that plague its tiny range …
When Life Gives You Lemons…
When Life Gives You Lemons, Assess Their Mating Characteristics, Growth, and Survival Alex Aines, Shark Researcher and TOF Intern At the beginning of April I arrived at Bimini Biological Field Station in …
Fundación Tropicalia and Sustainable Development
Fundación Tropicalia Leading The Way In Sustainable Resort Developments Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation For the past two years, we have partnered with the Fundación Tropicalia, which …
Churning Seas: Blue Vision Summit 5
By Ben Scheelk, Program Associate There is an old bit of weather lore that states: Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor’s warning. Fortunately, for …
Heroes of the Caribbean: Jamaica
by Mark J. Spalding, President of the Ocean Foundation On many of my trips I seem to spend more time with interesting people in windowless conference rooms than by the …
Blue Mind Summit
by Jessie Neumann, TOF Marketing Intern I had the distinct pleasure of attending the 5th annual Blue Mind Summit this past Monday, coordinated by Wallace J. Nichols, our TOF project manager …
3 Keys to Saving Tobacco Caye
by Michael Bourie, TOF Intern After spending last Christmas bundled up inside avoiding the snow, I decided to spend this past winter season in the Caribbean taking a tropical marine ecology …
Ocean Sustainability and Global Resource Management
Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation Last month I went to the port city of Kiel, which is the capital of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. I was …
