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Images of Ocean Optimism

It is easy to feel hopeless when reading the news coverage of ocean conservation. This image gallery reveals some of the successful conservation stories.

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North Atlantic right whales and ocean-going vessels often cross paths.

Slow Down for Right Whales

An image of a cell phone displaying the Fish App.

There’s an App for That: Using Phones to Help Make Fishing Sustainable

A woman stands holding a white tray that displays lionfish jewelry.

When Life Gives You Lionfish…

Wandering albatross soars over the ocean

Saving Albatross Lives with Bird Scaring Lines

A puffin sits on a rock next to a puffin decoy.

How the Puffin Returned to Eastern Egg Rock

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Solutions & Success Stories Articles

A screenshot from the video showing a large marlin sculpture made of ocean plastic.

The Making of a Marlin

Nancy Knowlton speaking about the "Future of the Ocean"

The Future of the Ocean

A screenshot from the video of a boat pulled up on a beach.

Barbuda Blue Halo Video

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Ocean Optimism - Video

Dr. Candy Feller, Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center underscores the challenges facing mangroves, along with reasons for hope.

Living on the Edge: Mangroves

Waves crashing on rocks.

Lamlash Bay Marine Reserve

Thumbnail of turtle swimming to the surface.

Endangered Ocean

Thumbnail of a schematic of an island, boat, and a Right Whale.

Ocean Optimism Video - Slow Down For Right Whales

Thumbnail of man driving outboard on the ocean.

Ocean Optimism Video - Linking Communities to Fisheries Science

Afroz Shah spoke at the 2017 Earth Optimism Summit in Washington, DC about the largest beach cleanup in the world that he led on the beaches of Mumbai, India

Afroz Shah - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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