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Forward for our blue planet in 2020!
Thanks to all our partners for doing so much to help with bringing about a better future! In so many ways in 2019, youth, zoos and aquariums, progressive-minded businesses and corporations, and others in our growing global network continued to step up their efforts for conservation action. The Ocean Project is all about collaborative conservation, and our lean […]
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Studying Belugas at Mystic Aquarium Will Help Stem Extinction of Whales and Dolphins
Guest blog by Dr. Stephen M. Coan, Ph.D., President and CEO, Mystic Aquarium Several species of whales are disappearing from earth at an alarming rate. It is estimated that only 300 to 1,000 northern right whales remain. Southern right, humpback, bowhead, and blue whales all number less than 10,000 for each species. We have an ethical obligation […]
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What Happened at the Policy Engagement and Advocacy Workshop at the AZA Conference Shouldn’t Stay in New Orleans
In September at the AZA Annual Conference, The Ocean Project hosted a policy engagement and advocacy boot camp for two dozen registrants with a variety of professional responsibilities at their institutions. The participants represented a diverse range of aquariums and zoos (small, medium and large; non-profit, municipal and for profit; coastal and inland), few had […]
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Sea Youth Rise Up 2019
The oceans are rising and so are youth! Around the country and around the world, young people are coming together and speaking out to protect and restore our ocean and our climate, the two major interconnected issues facing our planet and society. Thanks to continued strong support from the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation and also […]
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Time to Get Busy
If you’ve been tuning into our Make Conservation Happen webinar series that launched in April 2018, you’ve learned about the nuts and bolts of how you and your institution can take action and influence conservation public policy issues, as well as about many of the issues and opportunities to get more involved in effecting change. […]
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Conservation Just Happened!
Even though inside the beltway politics are broken and dysfunctional it is still possible for a significant piece of legislation to receive strong bipartisan and bicameral support. Imagine that? Legislators, legislating. In February, the Senate and House passed S. 47, The National Resources Management Act, which was the product of negotiations that the previous Congress […]
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When GOOD NEWS changes your plans – encouraging support for Marine Protected Areas in South Africa
Editorial note: In 2017 The Ocean Project launched a new initiative to support zoos, aquariums, and museums (ZAMs) in getting more involved to effectively inform science-based fisheries policy and advance action for healthy, sustainable marine ecosystems. The focus is U.S.-based visitor-serving institutions but some of the lessons learned can be — and already have been — applied to […]
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Collaborating for Conservation in 2019
Happy Holidays and thank you for all you do to create a healthier blue planet! It has been a year of significant progress and exciting opportunities to collaborate with partner organizations in our growing global network, to individually and collectively take action for a better future. Together we are making an impact! Thank you, too, […]
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Visitor Engagement
The Ocean Project is currently collaborating with our network Partners — zoos, aquariums and museums (ZAMs) — in support of the goal of 30×30 and the need for strong science-based fisheries management, building upon extensive experience gained from earlier efforts including the Innovative Solutions Grants+ Program. Research by The Ocean Project and others has underscored the ways […]
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Opinion: Lessons learned from vaquita conservation efforts
Photo: Paula Olson for NOAA https://flic.kr/p/zerNcQ Post by David Bader, Aquarium of the Pacific A tiny porpoise is struggling for its survival in Mexico. Gillnets set for shrimp and fish have reduced the population to less than 30 animals. However, la vaquita marina, Phocoena sinus, is not extinct. The species holds on in the Upper Gulf […]
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