Category: Healthy Oceans

Ocean View: Building on MSA for a Resilient Fisheries Future

Author: Rob Kramer Posted Under: Blog, Better Policies, Climate Change, Healthy Oceans

"Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021 recognizes that oceans are warming, fish are moving, and managers do not have the adequate tools to address the consequences." Few organizations involved in marine fisheries management in the United States can say that they have been there from the beginning. ...

EXECUTIVE ORDER TACKLES RESILIENCY

Author: Theresa Labriola Posted Under: Blog, Ecosystems, Better Policies, Climate Change, Healthy Oceans

Preserving Fishing Opportunities While Protecting the Ocean Ecosystem Earlier this year, President Biden issued Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. Importantly, the Order includes provisions to help protect our ocean ecosystems and future fishing opportunities. By proposing new or strengthening existing management and conservation measures, ...

Wild Oceans Joins World Climate Change Statement

Author: Wild Ocean Team Posted Under: Blog, Ecosystems, Climate Change, Healthy Oceans

Scientific Organizations Call for Urgent Action to Address Climate Change to Conserve Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems Wild Oceans joined with 110 scientific societies representing more than 80,000 scientists from around the world in a statement outlining the evidence for how climate change is seriously impacting freshwater and marine resources. In the ...

FIGHTING POLLUTION FOR A PRISTINE OCEAN

Author: Torben Lonne Posted Under: Blog, Ecosystems, Healthy Oceans

Scuba diving is perhaps the greatest adventure in the world. Where else can you come face to face with creatures from your most fanciful dreams? As divers, we fly through the water like majestic birds, riding the ocean currents that bring life and beauty to the entire world. One of ...

A SEA OF PLASTIC

Author: Ken Hinman Posted Under: Blog, Healthy Oceans

I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? Plastics. There’s a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it? ‒The Graduate, 1967 The following story was originally published in the Wild Oceans Horizon newsletter in spring of 2017. (Issue No. 152) ...

Wild Oceans Joins Virtual Conversation on the Future of the Oceans

Author: Ken Hinman Posted Under: Blog, Healthy Oceans

Wild Oceans president Ken Hinman will participate in a virtual panel dialogue on June 13th, along with three ocean colleagues, to address the critical subject: Healthy Oceans = Sustainable Planet.  The panel will dig deep into the profound challenges the oceans now face, and the public is invited to join the ...