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Every Day is Oceans Day, Especially June 8

June 2, 2009

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
healthyoceans, marinedebris, oceanacidification, oceans, unitednations, worldoceansday

Get ready to celebrate all there is to love about the oceans; get motivated to help protect and restore the marine environment; June 8th is World Oceans Day! Since June 8, 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and...continued

Ocean Inspiration: IMAX Under the Sea 3D

February 13, 2009

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
oceanacidification, oceans, simplesteps

For many of us in NRDC's Oceans Program, our work is motivated by a deep connection to the ocean that we've developed through experiences diving, swimming, surfing, and fishing. If you don't live, work, or play on the ocean, it...continued

High Hopes that Obama and Team Will Get Ocean Management Right

December 17, 2008

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
greentransition, marinespatialplanning, oceans, renewableenergy

President-elect Obama and his team of advisors have shown an unprecedented level of interest in carefully considering the complexities and competing interests that must be balanced--the interests of conservation, fishing, energy, and recreation--to effectively manage and protect our vast, depleted...continued

The Tale of Tuna: Too Few of These Tasty Fish

December 4, 2008

Posted by Leila Monroe in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
bluefin, cod, extinction, fisheries, mercury, oceans, overexploitation, overfishing, seafood, sushi, tradeban, tuna

I love eating high-quality tuna-whether its filleted as sashimi, wrapped in a delicate maki sushi roll, or a seared steak-that fish is delicious!  Its with a heavy heart that I have gradually cut back on eating fish, not only to...continued

Obama's Opportunities to Save Our Oceans

November 25, 2008

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
greentransition, marineprotectedareas, marinespatialplanning, oceans, overfishing

As the excitement of the election transitions into action, we must ensure that the new administration is focused on our nation’s most critical environmental issues –like saving our sick oceans.  Our oceans are a vital national and global resource.  They...continued