Ten Animals Impacted by Ghost Gear
Lost and abandoned fishing gear, commonly known as “ghost gear,” is the most harmful form of marine debris to wildlife. Commonly made from modern plastics, such as nylon or polyethylene, fishing gear is designed to captu...
Ten Animals Impacted by Ghost Gear
Maintaining a healthy ocean includes ensuring that fisheries are sustainable and fish stocks are abundant. If you like to eat seafood, go fishing or visit the coast, then how United States fisheries are managed affects y...
Recent Trends Impacting U.S. Fisheries and American Seafood
When autumn comes around, cue the leaves changing color, pumpkin spice, candies, apple picking and my favorite part of all: the spooky traditions of Halloween. From haunted houses to scary movies, one of the most fun par...
What’s Haunting Our Ocean?
Fishermen and the latest fishery stock assessment agree: There are a lot of red snapper in the South Atlantic. Yet, promising numbers alone do not tell the whole story of red snapper off the U.S. East Coast. South Atlant...
Forecasting a Future for South Atlantic Red Snapper
A person’s legacy is often defined by the people they’ve touched and the causes they’ve supported throughout their lives. A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) provides an opportunity to be a part of the solutions driving a healthi...
What is a DAF and How Can it Support the Ocean?
Earlier this summer, my daughter and I walked along the shores of Sitka, Alaska, to pick up plastic pollution with 35 other volunteers. We scanned the beach together with a single goal: to make a place we care about clea...
40 Years of Cleaner Beaches Powered by People and Community
In early September, the House Committee on Appropriations passed its proposed budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as part of the larger Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies b...
House Budget Proposal for NOAA Would Spell Disaster for Fisheries
Nayyir Ransome builds relationships between the government and the people it serves to support the ocean. As Senior Analyst with Ocean Conservancy, Nayyir sees the power of small, incremental steps that lead to big impac...