Save Our Seas Act Signed into Law
Regular readers of this blog know a modest, but important piece of legislation—the Save Our Seas (SOS) Act—has been slowly making its way through the legislative process. Well, I’m happy to share the great news that the...
Save Our Seas Act Signed into Law
Chef Tim McKee is the winner of the 2009 James Beard award for Best Chef in the Midwest and currently partners with sustainable seafood wholesaler The Fish Guys Inc., among other ventures. What does sustainable seafood m...
Why Chefs Shouldn’t Be Scared of Sustainable Seafood
When you think of “dumbo,” you might automatically picture the elephant from the classic Disney film famous for his big ears. Yes, that Dumbo is pretty adorable, but what if I told you that deep down in the oce...
A Deep Dive with the Dumbo Octopus
If you thought ocean plastic pollution only affects the ocean once it enters the water…you thought wrong. A studied recently published in the scientific journal Biology Letters announced an alarming new finding: wh...
Microplastics and Mosquitos: What do they have in common?
Palm Beach County officials found traces of Red Tide on their beaches earlier this week, Miami-Dade and Broward Counties will conduct testing on their beaches, and the west coast of Florida is still awash in dead fish. F...
Florida Red Tide Senate Briefing Recap
Following the D.C. government’s weather advisories ahead of Hurricane Florence earlier this month, Ocean Conservancy postponed our flagship International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) event to October. It’s hard to describe how...
How We’re Fighting Ocean Plastic Beyond the International Coastal Cleanup
Happy National Sea Otter Awareness Week! What better way to celebrate these slippery sea weasels than by basking in their adorableness and learning some fun facts about our furry friends! Awww, hugs from mom! Baby sea ot...
10 Pictures of Sea Otters to Brighten Your Day
This blog was written by Charmaine Dahlenburg, Manager of the National Aquarium’s Chesapeake Bay Program. Estuaries are necessary for the health of people and the planet. They capture and filter stormwater runoff, reduce...
Bringing the Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
September 7th marks Ocean Conservancy’s 46th anniversary. The progress we’ve made over the past 46 years alongside our partners and all of you that love the ocean, has given us countless reasons to celebrate—and most imp...
Happy Anniversary, OC!
Imagine you are on a ship in the Arctic—and it runs aground. You can hear the sound of metal grinding as the ship slowly lists to the side. The crew are busy sealing windows and checking on lifeboats. Rescue is at hand...