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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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Sound artist Halsey Burgund performs his composition Ocean Voices.

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Five Questions for Halsey Burgund, Creator of Ocean Voices

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

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Coral Reefs Need You

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

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

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Sustainable Seafood Glossary of Terms

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

Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

The 2012 Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center dive class stand in a group together

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Scuba Diving Course a Success for IBRC Students

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

Screenshot of "Rethink the Shark" showing people on a beach.

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Rethink the Shark

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

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

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Live from the Field: Bali, Indonesia

A beach scene with groups of people walking in the water and playing with the sand.

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Be Kind to the Beach