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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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North Carolina Delegation students and teachers posing for a photo in front of the ocean at Bald Head Island in North Carolina

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Teens Making a Difference in Your Community

Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.

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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

image of deep-sea sea star

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Celebrate World Ocean Day

students giving a speech

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2011 Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts Webcast, Part 2

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 from "Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay" of students wearing life jackets on a boat.

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Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay

Neighborhood Seafood Market in Rome, Italy

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Seafood for Thought

Pile of Plastic Trash

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Plastic Trash Plagues the Ocean

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

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

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Reef Rescue: Protect Coral Reefs with Your Actions

A red and yellow gyotaku-style fish print of a flounder

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Educational Uses of Gyotaku or Fish Printing