Category: Wild Oceans
I AM WILD OCEANS
When I told my Dad I was going to take “a year off from college” to go chase marlin, he was not pleased. I shook my head at that. I mean, it was his fault. It’s not that I was one of those kids who couldn’t wait to get away from their ...
I AM WILD OCEANS
As a fifth generation Floridian, I have always been around water; on it, in it, and under it. Having year-round sunshine, there was never much motivation to be indoors growing up. In fact, in my house, the children were generally not allowed inside until it was time for dinner. For ...
I AM WILD OCEANS
Wild Oceans was born back in 1973 as the National Coalition for Marine Conservation in the lovely coastal city of Savannah, Georgia. I showed up 5 years later – with a girlfriend, 2 dogs and a VW bug; in other words, everything a young man needs except a job – and ...
Press Release A Change In Leadership At Wild Oceans
Long-time Leader Hinman Retires, Kramer Steps In Waterford, VA – August 27, 2019 – After 41 years at the helm, Wild Oceans President Ken Hinman will be stepping down on September 30, 2019. Replacing him in the position, Wild Oceans Board of Directors has recruited veteran nonprofit leader Rob Kramer, former President of the International Game Fish ...
I AM WILD OCEANS
How did I get here? People wonder, “How did a New York lawyer wind up advising on the management of Pacific fisheries, striped marlin, long lines and drift nets?” My family’s boat rarely left the dock without me on board. Whether fishing for striped bass or tuna, in calm waters ...
I AM WILD OCEANS
It’s about connecting to the big picture. My greatest takeaway from 14 years in the public aquarium industry is the importance of connecting people, personally, to the wonder and beauty of the ocean world. Once that connection is made, a conservationist is born. I joined Wild Oceans in 2005, after ...
‘Natural Living’ Magazine Picks Top Environmental Non-Profits
WILD OCEANS NAMED ONE OF BEST NONPROFITS FOR DONATIONS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WATERFORD, VIRGINIA – Wild Oceans, a 45-year old organization dedicated to keeping the oceans wild to preserve the future of fishing, was just selected as one of the 12 Best Environmental Nonprofits to Donate to this Holiday Season by Garden Collage ...
I AM WILD OCEANS
Wild Oceans welcomes Megan Carpenter! Megan, who is in her fourth year as a Biology Major at the University of Virginia, has joined our team as a Research Assistant. Climate change and warming ocean waters are affecting ocean life and the fisheries that depend on our marine resources. Through her investigations, Megan will describe these impacts and suggest potential fishery ...
The Value of Science
by Ken Hinman, President, Wild Oceans Science cannot teach us what we need most to know about nature, that is, how to value it. – Holmes Rolston There are three steps in the resolution of an environmental problem. First, of course, we must recognize that a problem exists. Then, we analyze and ...
Remembering Chris Weld
One of the guys who started it all, who was there from the beginning, is gone. by Ken Hinman, Wild Oceans President Chris Weld, a co-founder of the National Coalition for Marine Conservation, now Wild Oceans, in 1973, died March 5th in Boston at the age of 84. When Susie ...
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