Fish Tales from Alaska
Theresa Peterson is Alaska Marine Conservation Council’s (AMCC) longest serving staff person (14 years!), an active fisherwoman and long-time resident of Kodiak, home to the nation’s largest fishing fleet. Theresa...
Fish Tales from Alaska
Few animals capture the imagination like the thirteen species of great whales, but only recently have we really considered how crucial their conservation is to our fight against climate change. As the International Marit...
Take it Slow: Reducing Ship Speeds Helps Whales and Our Climate
Last week I had the pleasure of leading Ocean Conservancy’s delegation to the 2019 Our Ocean Conference in Norway. We had a lot planned for the two-day event, and it felt like a whirlwind. I couldn’t be more proud of the...
Learning, Sharing, Acting for the Ocean in Oslo
For many people, September means the kids are back in school, football season is underway, and the end of summer has come. For Arctic scientists, it is also the time of year that sea ice in the northern hemisphere reache...
We’ve Reached this Year’s Arctic Sea Ice Minimum
As the Arctic goes, so goes the world. That line echoes in my mind as I grapple with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change “Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate” (SROCC) released this...
What Does the SROCC Mean for the Arctic?
Austin Ahmasuk is a lifelong Nome resident, hunter, trapper and fisher. When the passenger vessel The World came to Nome on September 10, 2019, I could no longer sit by passively and let our climate crisis continue on wi...
We are in a Climate Crisis
“Knowledge is power,” we are often told. And to go along with that quote is this one from a more contemporary source, “With great power comes great responsibility.” Both apply to our ocean. Data spurs knowledge and that...
Data is Power: How Access to Data is Helping Mariners Protect Whale Populations
My home state of Alaska is on fire—both figuratively and literally. More than 2 million acres of forest have burned this year, making 2019 one of the worst fire years Alaska has ever experienced. Already, more acreage ha...
Alaska is on Fire
Summer can be a time of change, especially as people venture out on vacation or get out of school. It’s a time of change for the Arctic, too, especially when it comes to sea ice. As summer progresses, you might hear some...
What is the Arctic Sea Ice Minimum?
Marine debris is a huge problem on Alaska’s remote St. Paul Island. This photo blog documents how Ocean Conservancy joined with the local community to remove nearly 10 tons of trash during a week-long cleanup in May 2019...