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The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System consists of the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, offshore atolls, and several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons, and estuaries. The system's seven sites illustrate the evolutionary h
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Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

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Afroz Shah spoke at the 2017 Earth Optimism Summit in Washington, DC about the largest beach cleanup in the world that he led on the beaches of Mumbai, India
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Afroz Shah - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Convict surgeonfish are the roaming sheep of the reef but, instead of noshing on grass, they feed on algae.
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Helpful Herbivores

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The coastline of American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary
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The Reefs of American Samoa: A Story of Hope

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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

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Waves crashing on rocks.
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Lamlash Bay Marine Reserve

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This whale is entangled in fishing gear. The inset shows how special fishing lines allow whales to escape such accidental entrapments.
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Fishing Gear Solutions

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Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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Bringing Back Tampa Bay’s Seagrass

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Coral Head Near Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Hawaii
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Coral Head Near Pearl and Hermes Atoll

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Hundreds of birds congregate around the trawl fishing vessel. The orange "bird scaring lines" keep the birds from flying into the trawl cables where they can accidentally get caught and die.
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Bird scaring lines

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This Marine National Monument protects a chain of atolls and reefs 1,931-kilometers (1,200-miles) long.
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Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument

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A puffin sits on a rock.
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The Return of the Puffins

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