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Thumbnail of man driving outboard on the ocean.
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Ocean Optimism Video - Linking Communities to Fisheries Science

Fish populations all over the world are declining due to overfishing and marine...
Tue, 07/18/2017 - 16:50
A screenshot from the video showing illustration of a whale at the surface of water at night.
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Life After Whale (On Whale Falls)

When a whale dies, the story has just begun. The massive carcass sinks to the...
Fri, 06/23/2017 - 09:13
a red lionfish
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Lionfish on the Loose

The majestic and highly predatory red lionfish (Pterois volitans), native to the...
Mon, 09/14/2015 - 09:06
California sea lions swimming
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Sea Lion Sickness

Both humans and sea lions get sick from eating fish and shellfish that have been...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 10:36
Looking through this iceberg's reflection in the Antarctic water, you can see the iceberg below the surface—some 90% of its total volume.
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The Arctic and The Antarctic

Travel to the ends of the earth—literally—and discover the polar ocean basins....
April 2018
A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.
overview

Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,”...
April 2018
A photo of Oceana's ice class research vessel, the Hanse Explorer, on the Baltic Sea.
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Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

In the spring of 2011, a research crew from Oceana spent two months in the...
Wed, 10/12/2011 - 16:56
A photo of a candy basslet, an orange and yellow-striped fish.
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Candy Basslet

A candy basslet (Liopropoma carmabi ) was one of the specimens...
A photo of a cave basslet.
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Cave Basslet

Smithsonian researchers collected a cave basslet (Liopropoma mowbrayi) from the...
The fluorescent shortnose greeneye fish.
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A Shortnose Greeneye Fish Aglow

Under white light, this shortnose greeneye fish (Chlorophthalmus agassizi) looks...
Fish spears and traps placed in rivers are traditional ways of catching salmon.
Photo

Catching Salmon

Fish spears and fish weirs—fish traps placed in rivers—are traditional ways of...
An offshore cage is stocked with 70,000 Pacific threadfin (Polydactylus sexfilis).
Photo

Commercial Aquaculture

This offshore cage is stocked with 70,000 Pacific threadfin (Polydactylus...

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