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NOAA seeks information to support improvements to vessel speed regulations NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced an advance notice of proposed rulemaking requesting information that could help modernize regulations designed to reduce the risk of lethal ves...

NOAA seeks information to support improvements to vessel speed regulations

Public encouraged to submit comments:

www.noaa.gov/news-release...

#RightWhales

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YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium Meet Seafood Watch's Best Choice Restaurant Program

We’re proud to highlight the Seafood Watch Best Choice Restaurant program!

Best Choice restaurants source seafood that is fished or farmed in ways that support a healthy ocean ✅

Help make the best choice for our ocean and learn more about Best Choice restaurants:
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to widen the shipping channel leading into Port Everglades, blasting through a coral reef and dredging up sediment that could smother acres of coral, federal scientists say. https://wapo.st/4r7kRAU

World’s largest coral colony discovered off Australian coast by mother-daughter team | CNN A mother-and-daughter team of citizen scientists has identified the world’s largest known coral colony, found on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia.

A mother-daughter team just discovered the largest coral colony ever recorded! 🌊

Located on the Great Barrier Reef, it’s about the length of a soccer field. Discoveries like this remind us why protecting ocean habitats and biodiversity is urgent. https://cnn.it/4ufZVuD

The ocean as system Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere and absorbed by water lowers its pH level, making the ocean more acidic and less able to sustain life. In 2009 a group of scientists included this ocean aci...

Recommended reading: The Ocean as System – Overcoming policy fragmentation in the fight against ocean acidification.
An essay from the Back to Blue Initiative on ocean policy and why ocean and planetary stewardship matters:
backtoblueinitiative.com/the-ocean-as...

📍Coastal Access Spotlight: North Solimar Beach in Ventura County

Thanks to the California Coastal Commission and the Coastal Act for ensuring that all of these public accessways are free and open every day of the year.

#thankyoucoastalact
#coastalaccess

What’s Happening to Our Food? The vital seafood industry is currently facing threats from pollutants, parasites and environmental changes that put marine life and humans at risk. So, what’s happening to our food — especially our s...

🍽️ Are we tuned into what's on our plates? 🐟 Scientists at @ucsandiego.bsky.social —including Scripps Oceanography marine biogeochemist Amina Schartup—are tackling mercury toxicity, hidden parasites and food web challenges that affect both ocean life and human health.

Outdoors for All: Connecting Californians to the Coast and Ocean - California Ocean Protection Council In February 2026, people from across California gathered at the California Natural Resources Agency headquarters for the Outdoors for All Convening. The day focused on shared learning and collaboratio...

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the California Coastal Act, access is about more than reaching the shore. It is about belonging, stewardship, and shared benefits for all Californians.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/OPC-FORALL

MBARI deep-sea robot films an adorable baby squid in Monterey Bay • MBARI During a scientific cruise in Monterey Bay aboard MBARI’s research vessel Rachel Carson last month, biologists from our education and conservation partner, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, encountered a bab...

Spotted: Adorable baby deep-sea squid! 🥰

During a recent scientific cruise aboard MBARI’s R/V Rachel Carson, biologists from our education and conservation partner, @montereybayaquarium.org, encountered a baby glass squid bobbing along in the water column: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-d...

Which type of chocolate has the lowest climate impact? A lifecycle analysis compares dark, milk, white, and compound chocolate, and detects the surprising environmental burden of different ingredients.

A super important question in my view: which type of CHOCOLATE 🍫 has the lowest climate impact? 😉

www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/02/whic...

Long-term warming reduces fish biomass, but heatwaves shift it - Nature Ecology & Evolution A large-scale analysis of changes in fish biomass over 25 years identifies average biomass declines associated with long-term warming, as well as sharp decreases and increases in biomass associated wi...

Important assessment of chronic (long-term) and acute (heat-wave) impacts of ocean warming on fish biomass. TL;DR: long-term warming results in pretty big declines, and heatwaves cause abrupt shifts. #MarineLife 🦑🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔨🦈 #MarineLife 🦑🐡

A vibrant color photograph of renowned American marine biologist and ichthyologist Eugenie Clark, known as the "Shark Lady," captured in her element during a dive or research expedition. She is wearing a large diving mask pushed up on her forehead, snorkel attached, and a wetsuit or dive gear. She smiles broadly and joyfully while partially submerged in clear ocean water, surrounded by bubbles, with her face lit by sunlight reflecting off the surface. A large white buoy or float and underwater scenery are visible in the background, conveying her lifelong passion for studying sharks and marine life, her pioneering work in shark behavior, and her role as one of the first prominent female scientists in oceanography.

An underwater photograph of a bull shark swimming gracefully in deep blue ocean waters, captured from a slightly below and side angle. The shark has a robust, heavy-set body with a blunt snout, small black eyes, and a grayish-brown upper body fading to a lighter underside. Its dorsal fin is prominent, pectoral fins are broad, and several remora fish cling to its back near the tail. Sunlight filters from above, creating beams and highlights on the shark's skin as it glides with an open mouth revealing rows of sharp teeth, evoking the powerful yet often misunderstood nature of this coastal species known for its adaptability and occasional aggression toward humans.

Ichthyologist Eugenie Clark, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺, died #OTD in 2015. A pioneer in scuba diving for research purposes, she proved sharks are capable of learning and was a world authority on Tetraodontiformes. She founded Mote Marine Lab and used her fame to drive global marine conservation. #WomenInSTEM

MBARI leads international expedition to study impacts of climate change on Antarctic seafloor • MBARI MBARI researchers and collaborators conducted the first controlled-source electromagnetic surveys in Antarctica to understand how a rapidly warming polar environment impacts groundwater systems under ...

The Western Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing rapid warming due to climate change. MBARI researchers led an expedition with an international team of collaborators to study how a warming climate may be affecting seafloor processes in this remote region.

Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-l...

Winners of the 2026 World Nature Photography Awards A collection of some of the top images “highlighting the beauty, fragility, and power of the natural world.”

STUNNING: An image of a humpback whale mother and calf is making headlines after winning top prize at the 2026 World Nature Photography Awards.

The image beautifully captures the close bond between humpback whale mothers and their young. https://bit.ly/4s1uphU 💙

#HumpbackWhaleAwarenessMonth

READ: Global warming is not just changing the air temperature; it’s reorganizing coastal ecosystems.

Around the world, fishers, from Amazonian coastlines to Arctic outposts, are witnessing the ocean change beneath them. What does this mean for the future? https://oceana.ly/4kTohWA

CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship - California Council on Science & Technology (CCST) The CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellows program annually recruits and trains a cohort of PhD scientists and engineers to spend a year working in Sacramento, directly serving decision makers withi...

🚨Deadline Extended! We’re still #hiring up to 15 positions for the CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship! You now have until March 10.

Start (or finish) your application today: ccst.us/ccst-science...

#scipol #phd #phdjobs #sciencejobs #stemjobs #sciencepolicy

Overhead shot of a person running down the beach “Since 2019, the California Coastal Commission has been embedding Environmental Justice into its decisions—ensuring all communities have a voice in shaping the future of our coast.”

Two images split by paper tear effect. One depicts an aerial shot of farmland along the coast off highway 1 and the other is an aerial shot of the port of Long Beach and Los Angeles. “Taking an environmental justice approach to coastal policy means rethinking of who is connected to the coast and how. It's about equity, access, and inclusion for every community.”

Since 2019, the California Coastal Commission has embedded Environmental Justice into every decision—ensuring all voices count.

#ExcitingNews: Austria has designated a new #RamsarSite that is part of a cross-border national park with Czechia. Characterized by a diverse ecology, Transboundary Ramsar Site Podyjí – Thayatal National Park, Part Austria includes a lake and a swamp forest.

www.ramsar.org/news/austria...

Stress-Testing Corals to Find Raja Ampat’s Most Resilient Reefs Low-tech field science and community partnerships combine to help identify the most climate-resilient reefs in Raja Ampat.

Scientists are sampling reefs at the heart of the Coral Triangle to identify the most resilient ones.

Here's how it works: https://nature.ly/4rxFxDc

Experts at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have rediscovered a recording and determined it’s probably the oldest whale recording still in existence. The likely vocalist? A humpback whale. 🐋 spklr.io/6007Dxy1Z

📷: BlackBox
🎙️: Luis Lamar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

New atlas identifies potential opportunities for aquaculture in Gulf of Alaska Publication will strengthen nation’s seafood industry

New atlas identifies potential opportunities for #aquaculture in Gulf of #Alaska

Publication will strengthen nation’s seafood industry

News release: noaa.gov/news-release...

via noaa.gov, NOAA Ocean Service

IFER Conference 2026 Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation

🐙What can an octopus teach us about interdisciplinary research? Join us on April 17 for Considering the Octopus Model, an environmental research conference hosted by @ucsandiego.bsky.social’s Program for Interdisciplinary Environmental Research. Learn more and submit an abstract below. ⤵️

🚀Registration is open! We're getting excited for our CCST Science & Technology Week lineup. Register online: ccst.us/stweek/regis...
#science #technology #policy #S&T

A flyer for the A Coast for All: 50 Years of Coastal Stewardship Secretary Speaker Series with headshots of the five panelists: Kate Huckelbridge, Amy Hutzel, Susan Jordan, Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš, and Patrick Barnard. “Join leaders to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Coastal Act and reflect on five decades of coastal stewardship. We’ll also explore the state of our coast, emerging challenges, and how we shape coastal protection to meet California’s needs in coming decades.” “Wednesday, February 25th, noon to 1pm” https://tinyurl.com/coastalact Logos of Coastal Commission, Coastal Conservancy, and CNRA

Going to be power-packed! California Coastal Commission, California State Coastal Conservancy, California Coastal Protection Network, UCSC Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, Azul, and California Natural Resources Agency come together to discuss five decades of coastal stewardship and resilience.

Ocean waves crash on rocks below a coastal building at sunset

🌊The ocean connects us.

Ready to make waves? At Monterey Bay Aquarium, we’re hiring experienced professionals to help drive meaningful ocean conservation. Your strengths can help shape strategy, elevate programs, and inspire ocean conservation in millions worldwide. Join us: mbayaq.co/4c2UhVY

Grad students and post-docs join a NSF-funded research cruise in New Zealand this September. Deploy ocean bottom seismometers and study mantle-derived magmas aboard the R/V Thomas G. Thompson

No cruise experience is required
Travel funds available!
Apply by March 16
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📸 : Volcanic ash and mollusc shells surround a deep-sea hydrothermal vent at the vent field in the Kingdom of Tonga, Pacific Ocean. (Roxanne Beinart, chief scientist, URI. Funder: NSF © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

What happens to deep-sea microbes after a volcanic eruption? 🌋🌊

In a new Faculty Spotlight from the URI Institute for AI & Computational Research, #URIGSO's @symbiosisrox.bsky.social shares how high-performance computing powers her lab’s work on marine symbiosis. 🌊

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