5 Things You Didn’t Know About Sawfish
Sawfish are some of the most endangered ocean animals in the world. There are five recognized species of sawfish living worldwide today.
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Sawfish
It’s been more than two years since Ocean Conservancy’s Florida Conservation Program launched Shores Forward, our flagship initiative to create positive change for our ocean across Florida. We work with local governments...
Highlights From Ocean Conservancy’s Inaugural Shores Forward Summit
This blog was written by Kirsten Williams, Summer 2022 Legal Intern for Ocean Conservancy. Kirsten is entering her fourth year as a joint Law (JD) and Master of Environmental Management (MEM) student at Vermont Law &...
How Can We Protect the North Pacific Right Whale?
The puffins flap vigorously to stay aloft, and those with full bellies can only flop across the water. Shearwaters earn their name as they zip over the wavetops. Kittiwakes and fulmars circle a little higher, looking bac...
My Trip Along the Alaska Marine Highway System
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved being on the water. I come to it naturally: My mother grew up in a family of sailors, and while I never had the chance to sail with them myself, I spent my childhood hearing abou...
Setting Sail to Collect Ghost Gear in Maine
“Florida and beaches” are like “peanut butter and jelly”—they just go together, a match made in heaven. Between the soft sand, unique seashells, warm waters and fascinating ocean animals, there are so many things to love...
Sea Birds to See in Florida
At the beginning of May, the Biden administration canceled proposed offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet. Selling new offshore leases to oil companies would have set the st...
Biden Administration Decision Curbs New Drilling
Floating in the Brooklyn Pier One15 with the Manhattan skyline silhouetting its two 79-foot masts, the cargo sailboat Grain de Sail makes for a dramatic sight. While a wind-powered cargo vessel may seem like a 19th Centu...
Wind-powered Cargo Vessel Holds Hope for a Greener Future
It’s May on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea, and more than half of the world’s breeding population of Laaqudan, or northern fur seals, are returning to the Pribilof Islands. After a winter foraging in the open ocean, t...
Multi-scale Solutions Critical to Solving St. Paul’s Marine Debris Problem
In less than two months, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release its outlook of the number of hurricanes making landfall in the United States in 2022. This gives people a sense of preparedness...