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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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Three dancers dependent on one another, as in the food web.

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Dancing for the Ocean

Screenshot from video of someone demonstrating light painting.

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Light Painting Tutorial

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

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Resolve to Protect the Ocean

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

Pile of Plastic Trash

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Plastic Trash Plagues the Ocean

A light painted image of a hand-painted ceramic fish with light emitting from its mouth

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Using Light Painting to Teach Bioluminescence

Students of the Alaska SeaLife Center delegation.

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Teens Take Action on the Ocean & Climate

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

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Educational Uses of Gyotaku or Fish Printing

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

Students Work on Channel Island Map Project

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Back to School, Ocean Portal Style

A diver collects water samples.

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Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

Wooden painted fish on a school fence.

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Chinook Salmon: One Species at a Time