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JetBlue & TOF Begin to Quantify the Value of Conservation

JetBlue, The Ocean Foundation and A.T. Kearney Begin to Quantify the Value of Shoreline Conservation, Highlighting the Connection Between Healthy Ecosystems and Increased Revenue “EcoEarnings: A Shore Thing” Marks the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Bring Back the Gulf

Bring Back the Gulf is a timely analysis of the scientific, environmental, legal, social and political aspects of the U.S. Interior Department’s “Rigs-to-Reefs” program and is now available as an …

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 – …

Seagrass Research at Laguna San Ignacio Receives Recognition

Dr. Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez announced last week that all of the marine seagrass species will receive formal recognition for conservation in Mexico from the Comisión  Nacional Para El Conocimento y Uso …

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 …

TOF funded report finds site of mega-development project in Mexico is a biodiversity hotspot

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside have published a report on the terrestrial biodiversity of the Cabo Pulmo region that shows the project is situated in an area of …

Our Ocean Backyard: Marine Sanctuaries Move North

The National Marine Sanctuary system is now moving forward with an expansion of the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, the northern most outposts of California’s …

Oil and Gas Regulators Look to Industry to Police Itself, Four Years After Deepwater Horizon

When more than 200 million gallons of oil was set free into the Gulf, it exposed more than a few issues. In response, a presidential commission prescribed a number of …

Feds Propose Doubling Size of Protected Areas Off North Coast

Permanent protection from oil drilling off the Sonoma and southern Mendocino County coast appears imminent, anti-drilling advocates and local officials said Monday, as a federal agency unveiled a plan to …