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Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

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How You Can Help the Ocean

An opah at the Honolulu Fish Auction with a printed label attached that includes an ID number, bar code, the date, the receiver's ID number, the cart number, species name, vessel name, and weight of the fish.

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“Storied Fish”: Why Sustainable Seafood Requires A Tale

A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.

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Coral Reefs Need You

Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.

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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

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Polar bear siblings in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area near Hudson Bay spar playfully during migration.

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Help us pick the next OP stars

Screenshot of "Rethink the Shark" showing people on a beach.

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Rethink the Shark

A diver collects water samples.

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Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

Musician Sam Lardner and friends created the 14-song CD Oceans Are Talking to inspire kids and adults to help save the ocean and the creatures living in it.

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Five Questions for Musician Sam Lardner

Ruth Meadows examines specimens as part of her Teacher at Sea experience. NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows sorts specimens aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow as part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem (MAR-ECO) project.

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NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows

Pile of Plastic Trash

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Plastic Trash Plagues the Ocean

David Barouh displays fresh fish for sale at Seattle’s Pike Place Market

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Sustainable Seafood Glossary of Terms

Three dancers dependent on one another, as in the food web.

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Dancing for the Ocean

Sound artist Halsey Burgund performs his composition Ocean Voices.

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Five Questions for Halsey Burgund, Creator of Ocean Voices

Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

A diver cares for the reef by cleaning up discarded fishing gear and garbage.

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Resolve to Protect the Ocean

yarn artwork of coral

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