6 Ways to Explore and Support the Arctic From Home
The Arctic is a spectacular place—both beautiful and abundant. Home to Indigenous people, unique wildlife and wide-open expanses of wilderness, the Arctic is awe-inspiring whether you’ve visited or not. But, Arctic peopl...
6 Ways to Explore and Support the Arctic From Home
The Arctic is changing fast: it’s warming at more than twice the rate of the rest of the planet, and seasonal sea ice in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas is decreasing in extent, thickness and duration. These changes mean A...
Reducing Risk in U.S. Arctic Waters
By all accounts, recreational fishing by private anglers is booming around the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, as fishermen head out on their boats to see if they can fill their coolers with some prized red snapper. With so...
New State Management for Red Snapper Is Driving Overfishing
With several crises confronting the nation at this time—from a global health pandemic to widespread protests against anti-Black racism—it is unfathomable that the Trump administration has set its sights on weakening safe...
Proposal Threatens to Weaken 2016 Arctic Drilling Rule
Ocean Conservancy received some big news last month: Our three-part documentary series, Ocean to the Everglades, was named a Gold Winner in the Online Documentary Series category for the 41st annual Telly Awards. The ser...
Directing the Ocean to the Everglades Series
Sewage. It’s nasty stuff, and it should be treated to prevent potential health and environmental impacts. I am often frustrated by the extremely weak laws that regulate sewage dumping from ships, and even these weak laws...
Why International Sewage Regulations Are 💩
Theresa Peterson is Alaska Marine Conservation Council’s (AMCC) longest serving staff person (14 years!), an active fisherwoman and long-time resident of Kodiak, home to the nation’s largest fishing fleet. Theresa has a...
The Powerful Impacts of Climate Change on Fisheries
While the natural beauty of Florida leaves me in awe in countless ways, one aspect of its natural glory tends to leave me speechless: the Everglades. From the graceful herons, cranes and egrets gliding through the slight...
Iconic Species That Call the Everglades Home
Last week, the President signed an Executive Order (EO) intended to promote the competitiveness and growth of the American seafood industry. Unfortunately, this EO falls short of this important goal. Instead, the EO is a...
Fighting for Healthy Fisheries in a Time of Economic Crisis
Brown bears. Bald eagles. Sea otters. These iconic Alaskan species that we all know and love deserve admiration, but this blog is not about them. This blog is about four of the lesser-known creatures that reside and thri...