What is E-Navigation and Why is it Important in the Arctic?

Published by Ocean Conservancy Ocean Conservancy teamed up with the Marine Exchange of Alaska to produce a short report describing how advances in navigation and communications technologies can help enhance shipping safety and environmental protection in the U.S. Arctic. You can read the new report here, or you can read on for a quick overview! Maritime […]

Protecting Our Planet’s Biodiversity

Published by Ocean Conservancy There’s nothing quite like the first time you plunge beneath the ocean’s surface with SCUBA gear and become immersed in a world that was invisible to you just moments ago; a world full of corals and kelp, fishes and turtles, soft sands and cold muds and even sharks, stingrays, seals or whales, […]

Going to Great Depths for Ghost Gear

Published by Ocean Conservancy This blog was written by Jenna Schwerzmann. Originally from upstate New York, Jenna began her marine conservation career on Long Island after graduating from Stony Brook University with a B.S. in Marine Vertebrate Biology and M.A. in Marine Conservation and Policy. She has experience with both research and outreach for local estuarine […]

What’s Going on With Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Management?

Published by Ocean Conservancy The Gulf of Mexico is using a new management approach for red snapper private recreational fishing. In 2018 and 2019, fishery managers from the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and the five states bordering the Gulf of Mexico (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas) agreed to […]

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