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Saving our Seas – Tapping into the Wisdom of OceanElders

By Martha Shaw
For 10,000 years, the ocean has been the life support system that has generously supplied us with air, food, and shelter in the embrace of a livable climate. In a perfect world, human beings might have fit nicely into the Earth’s ecosystem, in balance with the rest of nature. Over the last half-century however, that’s not been the case. Since the industrial revolution, man’s effect on the ocean has been likened to an invasive species. Man’s greatest predator has quickly become man himself.
As a species, who will save the day?
One thing working against the ocean is that problems are out of sight, out of mind. Its wounds lie beyond and below our line of vision. Many people have never even seen it except on television, in books and movies, on menus, or in pictures on the packaging of ‘seafood.’…

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Leaders in Ocean Conservation Gather for Retreat

Last weekend, HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco convened a summit on sea level rise and ocean acidification – two of the most pressing environmental issues caused by our carbon dioxide emissions – alongside partners from The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. The three-day retreat had a special focus on catalyzing leadership strategies to adapt to these ecological changes, with a special focus on the Pacific.
“The focus [of the retreat] is on solutions,” said Margaret Leinen, director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. “We already see acidification taking place. We already see sea level rising. So how are we going to adapt to that? I think it’s really a question of putting good science together with good strategies.”…

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A Time For Heroes

By Deb Castellana
Last week, 400 participants from 80 different nations answered US Secretary of State John Kerry’s call to come together for his Our Ocean 2014 Conference in Washington, D.C.  Dr. Sylvia Earle has been honored to serve on the steering committee of Mr. Kerry’s Oceans Group, and her work over the past several years helped make the conference the success it was.
Attending were heads of state, CEOs of large corporations like Bumblebee Tuna, NGOs, foreign ministers, scientists and celebrities. They gathered to collaborate on an action plan to insure that future generations will inherit a planet capable of sustaining human life. As Earle says: “No blue; no green. No ocean; no us.”
In his opening keynote, Mr. Kerry called for the creation of a global ocean strategy.…

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Dr. Earle and HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco receive Fellowships in London

The Marine Biological Association, founded in 1884, runs a leading research laboratory in Plymouth and is one of the world’s oldest and most respected institutions devoted to the advancement of marine biology and the study of the ocean. In recognition of its long and eminent history and its status in the field of marine biology, the MBA was awarded a Royal Charter in 2013.
On March 11, the MBA celebrated its Royal Charter with a reception in London at Fishmongers Hall. Scientists, policy-makers and industry figures gathered to celebrate the oceans, and the contribution that marine biology makes to a greater understanding of the challenges and opportunities ahead for the United Kingdom.
Prince Phillip, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, patron of the Marine Biological Association, was among the guests at the official celebration marking the award of a Royal Charter to the Plymouth-based organization.…

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