Published by Ocean Conservancy The ocean is a mysterious place, home to strange and wonderful critters that seem out of this world. For proof, look no further than the jaw-extending goblin shark, the luminous deep-sea angler fish or the ghostly chimaera. So, when it comes time for writers to invent terrifying movie monsters, it’s no surprise […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society OVER 1700 MILES (2800 KILOMETERS) OF FISHING LINE THAT WAS REMOVED FROM COCOS ISLAND HAS ARRIVED AT AQUAFIL’S SLOVENIA PLANT TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO ECONYL® REGENERATED NYLON Cartersville, Georgia, October 28, 2019 — As part of a campaign to protect the Cocos Island UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sea Shepherd Conservation […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society OVER 1700 MILES (2800 KILOMETERS) OF FISHING LINE THAT WAS REMOVED FROM COCOS ISLAND HAS ARRIVED AT AQUAFIL’S SLOVENIA PLANT TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO ECONYL® REGENERATED NYLON Cartersville, Georgia, October 28, 2019 — As part of a campaign to protect the Cocos Island UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sea Shepherd Conservation […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy “Mahs, mahs” My grandmother dramatically enunciated the Pohnpeian version of a “Once upon a time …” before she began any one of the stories passed through the ages by oral traditions. She uttered the magical realism of Nan Madol, the reign of terror by ruthless past kings, the mythic chase that led […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society MEXICO CITY, October 25th, 2019-In an official signing presided over by Dra. Blanca Mendoza Vera, Mexico’s Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society officially entered into a new agreement to support the protection and care of marine wildlife in Mexican waters. The meeting marks heightened cooperation and collaboration […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society MEXICO CITY, October 25th, 2019-In an official signing presided over by Dra. Blanca Mendoza Vera, Mexico’s Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society officially entered into a new agreement to support the protection and care of marine wildlife in Mexican waters. The meeting marks heightened cooperation and collaboration […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Over the past few years, Floridians have become unpleasantly familiar with repeated noxious harmful blue-green algal blooms that have plagued rivers and estuaries, killing fish and shellfish, fouling boats and undermining the tourism economy. We’ve become so familiar, that we’ve nicknamed the thick, fluffy green plumes of blooming cyanobacteria something a little […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was recently honored to host Dr. Antonio Diaz de Leon, Deputy Head of PROFEPA (Federal Attorney of Environmental Protection of Mexico ) who was on the ground in San Felipe on an unofficial visit to see first-hand the issues currently facing the Upper Gulf of California, […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was recently honored to host Dr. Antonio Diaz de Leon, Deputy Head of PROFEPA (Federal Attorney of Environmental Protection of Mexico ) who was on the ground in San Felipe on an unofficial visit to see first-hand the issues currently facing the Upper Gulf of California, […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This blog was written by Chelsea Rochman, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, co-founder of the University of Toronto Trash Team and Scientific Advisor to the Ocean Conservancy; and Susan Debreceni, the Outreach Manager and co-founder of the University of Toronto Trash Team. As you wander around the neighborhoods of downtown […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd ship M/V Farley Mowat and Museo de la Ballena research vessel Narval encounter dozens of skiffs fishing with prohibited gillnets near a live vaquita inside protected Refuge San Felipe, BC, Mexico, October 23rd, 2019 – Leading scientists, supported by conservation patrol vessels carrying out the second leg of […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy People all over the world, from the Arctic to the Caribbean and from the Midwest to coastal cities, eat seafood. In fact, three billion people rely on seafood as their primary source of protein—that’s 40% of the world’s population! But seafood is much more than just food. Seafood, and the fishers who […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This week, I am thrilled to be traveling to Oslo, Norway, where several of my Ocean Conservancy colleagues and I will convene with hundreds of other ocean experts and advocates for the sixth edition of the Our Ocean Conference. Started in 2014 by then-United States Secretary of State John Kerry, the annual […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Our ocean gives us so much. Whether you live near a coast or have never seen the ocean, you are touched by it every day—from the air we breathe, the water we drink or the food we eat. And that’s not to mention the majesty, inspiration and wonder our ocean provides at […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The heir to a foam-cup fortune is believed to own more land than anyone on the storied tax haven of Grand Cayman, just as rising seas threaten to engulf it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/business/kenneth-dart-cayman-islands.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by Ocean Conservancy In the dark stretches of the deep sea, food can be hard to come by. So when hundreds of thousands of pounds of food falls from above all at once, it’s a party. We got to see the feeding bonanza first-hand this week when research vessel E/V Nautilus live-streamed the discovery of […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Plastic pollution is one of the most visible threats facing our ocean today. Every year, 8 million metric tons of plastic enter our ocean on top of the 150 million metric tons that are already there, posing significant threats to those who call the ocean home. Cleanup efforts like the International Coastal […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy I looked out of the plane window as it began to make its final descent and all I saw was a sea of grass lapping against a looming mountain range. This was not the type of sea I’m accustomed to. Fort Collins, Colorado makes for an odd destination for a trio of […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society San Felipe, BCN-The government of Mexico announces the second leg of the 2019 Vaquita Survey. Sea Shepherd is pleased to collaborate with The National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) and world-leading vaquita scientists on this important research project in waters of the Upper Gulf of California Biosphere Reserve and […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Last year I was lucky enough to be on board the E/V Nautilus when it made a remarkable discovery in the previously unexplored deepwater of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary—thousands of brooding octopuses. The octopus garden was discovered at the cold, dark depth of 12,000 feet in a rocky area at […]