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‘Nobel Prize for Environment’ awarded to Ocean Whistleblowers calling for high seas fishing ban

Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila are awarded the 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for their rigorous scientific work to end…

1 min readFeb 23, 2023

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‘Nobel Prize for Environment’ awarded to Ocean Whistleblowers calling for high seas fishing ban

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Fun under the sun: let’s shell-ebrate!

It’s been a while since I last went on a trip to La Union — it was a memorable experience given that it was one of the few times I was…

6 min readFeb 29, 2024

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Fun under the sun: let’s shell-ebrate!

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Dive in! It’s Freshwater Dolphin Day!

FACT: The Dolphins are the first to complete a perfect 14–0 regular season AND win the Super Bowl in 1972. They are also… wait, we’re not…

3 min readOct 27, 2023

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Dive in! It’s Freshwater Dolphin Day!

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Pigs can’t fly but maybe they can..swim?

The ocean harbors an astonishing diversity of life, including some of the most bizarre and extraordinary creatures on Earth. Life has…

2 min readAug 9, 2023

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Pigs can’t fly but maybe they can..swim?

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Devastating Consequences: An Oil Spill in the Center of Marine Biodiversity

An oil spill is a catastrophic event where large quantities of petroleum or crude oil are unintentionally released into the environment…

3 min readApr 12, 2023

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Devastating Consequences: An Oil Spill in the Center of Marine Biodiversity

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New AquaMaps Coordinator visits Q-quatics in the Philippines

Dr. Gabriel Reygondeau succeeds AquaMaps project founder Dr. Rainer Froese as AquaMaps Coordinator, where he hopes to bring AquaMaps to the…

1 min readFeb 21, 2023

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New AquaMaps Coordinator visits Q-quatics in the Philippines

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Species Spotlight: Aliger gigas, the Queen Conch

If you’ve ever wondered where sea shells come from, you might be surprised to know that most of them actually come from marine animals…

3 min readOct 3, 2022

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Species Spotlight: Aliger gigas, the Queen Conch

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World Oceans Week 2022 — Deng Palomares

Earth’s oceans are being severely damaged by climate change, pollution, overfishing and other destructive, human-caused shockwaves.

2 min readJun 8, 2022

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World Oceans Week 2022 — Deng Palomares

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The Ocean’s Whistleblower: A Conversation with Daniel Pauly

This event, organized by the Sea Around Us initiative with the support of UBC’s Faculty of Science, the Institute for the Oceans and…

2 min readJun 8, 2022

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The Ocean’s Whistleblower: A Conversation with Daniel Pauly

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A breakthrough in growth estimation of fishes and invertebrates by FishBase pioneer Dr.

Co-creator and editor of FishBase Dr Rainer Froese, known and recognized for his advanced and computer-intensive stock assessment method…

2 min readJun 3, 2022

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A breakthrough in growth estimation of fishes and invertebrates by FishBase pioneer Dr.

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The SeaLifeBase Blog

The SeaLifeBase Blog

SeaLifeBase is a global database which follows the highly successful FishBase model, providing key biological traits for all non-fish marine organisms

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