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Marine Conservation

Sri Lankan Scientist Asha de Vos Earns Sea Hero Honors

Sri Lankan scientist Asha de Vos, founder of her nation’s first marine conservation research and education nonprofit, discovered a nonmigratory population of blue whales, the planet’s largest animal.

Tourism Restrictions Strain Marine Protected Areas Amid Global Push for Expansion

Lost tourism revenue is hurting marine protected areas around the world. Ocean experts say this is a reason to increase government investment in nature reserves.

Five Ways to Support Project AWARE

If you love the ocean and its inhabitants and want to fight for their future, here are five easy ways you can get involved to help further Project AWARE’s mission.

Dive Ninja Expeditions: 100 Percent Aware and on A Mission to Further Conservation through Tourism

Dive Ninja Expeditions is committed to ocean protection and their goal is to show that tourism can work to help preserve and protect our oceans.

Why Celebrities from Amanda Cerny to Philippe Cousteau are Glowing Neon for Coral Reefs

Glowing Gone is using technicolor hues to make public support for ocean conservation visible worldwide, with plans to push global leaders for increased ocean protections in 2021.

2020 Upper Keys Lionfish Derby Sets New Records Despite Tropical Storm Interference

The 2020 Upper Keys Lionfish derby saw the highest number of lionfish and also set a new record for the most number of teams registered.

South Australia Bans Plastic Straws and Cutlery

Plastic straws, cutlery, and stirrers will be banned in South Australia next summer. More single-use plastic bans are expected across the country in coming months.

Key Dives Hosts an Epic Day of Conservation with a Trash Trek and Turtle Release

Key Dives and volunteer divers removed over 500 pounds of trash from the reef in the Florida Keys in the first-ever, Dive Against Debris Trask Trek.

John Weller Earns Sea Hero Honors for Antarctic Conservation

John Weller's photography of the Ross Sea galvanized support to designate it as the world's largest marine protected area.