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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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Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

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

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Educational Uses of Gyotaku or Fish Printing

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

Students of the Alaska SeaLife Center delegation.

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Teens Take Action on the Ocean & Climate

Each year, thousands of local teachers join us for Smithsonian Teachers’ Night.

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Learning from a Sea of Teachers

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

A student uses a marker to decorate a reusable lunch bag with ocean creatures

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Teaching Your Students About Marine Debris: a Classroom Activity

Satellite view of Earth.

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Earth Day, Spawned from the Sea

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

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Sustainable Seafood Glossary of Terms

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

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

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

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Resolve to Protect the Ocean