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Sea bass flock to a tropical coral reef in the Red Sea.

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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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Tiny jellies in a petri dish.

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Fishing for Plastic: Science in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Sea bass flock to a tropical coral reef in the Red Sea.

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5 Simple Things You Can Do for the Ocean

Students of the Alaska SeaLife Center delegation.

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Teens Take Action on the Ocean & Climate

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

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Resolve to Protect the Ocean

Participants in the challenge must first set a compass bearing in the direction they are headed to properly navigate underwater.

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SCUBAnauts Splitting The Sign

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

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Coral Reefs Need You

Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

Students Work on Channel Island Map Project

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Back to School, Ocean Portal Style

Plastic bottles and other marine debris cover a rocky beach in Curacao.

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Ocean Trash: Marine Debris From Shore to Sea

Students share a microscope to get a closer look at plankton samples from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

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A Current Event in the Classroom: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill