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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?

Are You An Educator?

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North Carolina Delegation students and teachers posing for a photo in front of the ocean at Bald Head Island in North Carolina

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Teens Making a Difference in Your Community

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

Orange and red deep-sea corals.

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Deep-Sea Corals: NOAA Education Plans & Activities

image of deep-sea sea star

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Celebrate World Ocean Day

Wooden painted fish on a school fence.

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Chinook Salmon: One Species at a Time

Screenshot from video of someone demonstrating light painting.

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Light Painting Tutorial

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

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Dancing for the Ocean

Pile of Plastic Trash

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Plastic Trash Plagues the Ocean

Students of the Alaska SeaLife Center delegation.

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Teens Take Action on the Ocean & Climate

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

A thresher shark was killed after becoming stuck in a gillnet.

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What We’re Reading 10/6

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

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Helping Kids Help the Ocean