Cave diver and filmmaker Jill Heinerth will use her prize to expand on her _We Are Water_ documentary and water advocacy project.

What have this year's Sea Heroes been up to since their selections? Read on to find out.

Water-conservation advocate Jill Heinerth is Sea Hero of the Year 2012

If you splurged on prime rib and got a hamburger, you’d be upset. But had you ordered red snapper and been served tilapia — a similarly less expensive product — you wouldn’t flinch because there’s a good chance you wouldn’t even know you’d been duped.

The Dead Sea is dropping at alarming levels; could a controversial infusion from the Red Sea stop the decline? And at what cost?

The 2012 BLUE Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Summit showcases the power of movies to save our oceans

In a move that could ultimately have a huge effect on global efforts to halt the appalling practice of shark finning, China has announced a ban on shark-fin soup at state functions.

Talk about your carbon footprint in a microcosm—don’t leave possessions on the seafloor.

The Coral Restoration Foundation is planting an idea that could save coral reefs worldwide.