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Fish-eating orcas switch prey across Alaska foraging hotspots - Oceanographic Southern Alaska’s orcas have a diverse, seasonal diet of salmon and groundfish, challenging belief that Chinook dominate their prey.

Alaskan killer whales like a varied diet. Can you guess what they’re munching on? tinyurl.com/yc2fvap7 or visit oceanographicmagazine.com

06.03.2026 00:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“A Salmon Story” written by Willie Poll and illustrated by Chantelle Trainor-Matties will be available March 10, 2026. You can pre-order today at your local book store or visit @massybooks .

05.03.2026 18:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Stop deep sea mining before it starts Sign our petition and join us in calling on Canada to push for a global moratorium to stop deep sea mining before it starts.

Deep-sea mining threatens species not yet discovered.
It risks acidifying the ocean, damaging fisheries, and wrecking ecosystems that took millions of years to form.
Some governments are choosing protection over extraction
#DefendTheDeep #ProtectOurOceans
act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/stop-d...

04.03.2026 19:04 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Tips on how to help a hooked turtle🐢.

26.02.2026 18:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This has big implications for ocean health, marine life, and climate resilience. We need stronger waste systems, better stormwater management, and policies that keep plastic out of rivers and seas. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/d6f2hvwt
#PlasticPollution #OceanHealth #CleanWatersheds

24.02.2026 17:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This image is a promotional banner for a webinar titled "Our Ocean Beyond Borders: Understanding the High Seas Treaty." It is scheduled for 11 March at 9 am ET. The background features a blue ocean pattern. On the right, there's a photo of a document with a United Nations emblem and the "Let's Talk BBNJ" logo is in the top right corner.

This image is a promotional banner for a webinar titled "Our Ocean Beyond Borders: Understanding the High Seas Treaty." It is scheduled for 11 March at 9 am ET. The background features a blue ocean pattern. On the right, there's a photo of a document with a United Nations emblem and the "Let's Talk BBNJ" logo is in the top right corner.

Are you new to the ins and outs of the #HighSeas Treaty?

Join us for a webinar that breaks down the Treaty in simple terms and explains why it matters and how it works.

Register here: https://highseasalliance.org/2026/02/18/our-ocean-beyond-borders-understanding-the-high-seas-treaty/

18.02.2026 18:50 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Comment from Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard on Iceland's Aquaculture Bill — Patagonia Works The following is the public comment submitted from Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard to the Icelandic government regarding the latest version of the aquaculture bill introduced in December 2025. You ca...

🌊 Yvon Chouinard on ocean stewardship
His message on Iceland’s aquaculture bill supports strong conservation and science-based policy.
#OceanProtection #Patagonia #WildSalmon
tinyurl.com/229td5kv
@patagonia.com

20.02.2026 00:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Biologists document new calf in L Pod near Strait of Juan de Fuca “The young calf appears to be just a few days old. Scientists are cautiously optimistic, noting that the first year of life is challenging for killer whales, with many calves not surviving.” Read the ...

These moments of hope lift the heart.
tinyurl.com/ebmc7umr or visit CheckNEWS

19.02.2026 22:16 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Hidden deep-sea mining exploration brought to new light - Oceanographic Global Fishing Watch makes deep-sea mining efforts visible, tracking vessels, exploration and emerging industrial impacts across the ocean.

A new platform exposing deep-sea mining vessel activity highlights an urgent need: robust monitoring frameworks and a global moratorium on seabed mining are a must!
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/hidden-...

19.02.2026 18:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
100 kids vote on how hopeful they feel about the future
100 kids vote on how hopeful they feel about the future YouTube video by CBC Kids News

CBC Kids News asked kids how they feel about their future. Is it HOPE OR NOPE?
youtu.be/S4u68L1yYJI

18.02.2026 18:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Date: Feb. 17, 1977.
Location: 400 miles off the South American coast on R/V Knorr

Bob Ballard, then a #WHOI marine geologist, was about to make a discovery that would change our understanding of life on Earth forever.

🧭Travel back in time to find out what it was: go.whoi.edu/vent-discovery

17.02.2026 17:00 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
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5 Ways You Can Help Whales

17.02.2026 17:17 👍 19 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 1
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Tell government to:
-Put the ban into law.
-End open-net pen salmon farming.
-Protect wild salmon — for good.
#ProtectWildSalmon #EndThePens #FinishTheJob
tinyurl.com/yum3jchf

17.02.2026 17:40 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Government must be told, clearly and urgently to finish the job! 👉Take action now tinyurl.com/yum3jchf
#ProtectWildSalmon #MarineConservation #HealthyOcean

13.02.2026 00:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
B.C. would struggle to contain oil spill off north coast, research suggests “The likelihood of having favourable wind and waves, good visibility, daylight hours and slack currents at the time of a spill and for days afterward is not just improbable, it is nonexistent,” the st...

Our coast isn’t safe from spills — we must protect it.
#ProtectOurWaters #NoOilSpills tinyurl.com/4pkt3f65

12.02.2026 18:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our newsletter and socials share urgent action alerts, hopeful stories, and ways to protect what you love.
Sign up + follow along livingoceans.org/.../news.../...
#LivingOceans #OceanAction #MarineConservation

11.02.2026 21:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Scientists record coldest ocean temperature ever in Earth's history—and wonder how life survived Ancient rocks once beneath the ocean hold clues of severe conditions unimaginable on today's planet.

DKY that even when our ocean was very cold and salty there was still life? You gotta read this. tinyurl.com/fw94yryj

10.02.2026 18:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Potlatch Uprising | Watershed Sentinel First Nations leaders gather at a Migratory Salmon Potlatch to unite against fish farms and protect salmon for future generations.

🎉 Salmon resurgence in action!
From community stewardship to habitat protection. This uplifting story reminds us what’s possible when people, culture, and nature come together. 🐟💚
#SalmonRecovery #HealthyRivers #WildBC
watershedsentinel.ca/article/potl...

05.02.2026 21:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Annette, the harbour seal, rescued from netting around her neck in West Vancouver “Dr. Martin Haulena, the head veterinarian at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society, said the gillnet had likely been digging into the seal's neck for weeks or even months.” Read the ful...

This case underscores the risks that abandoned fishing gear and marine debris pose to wildlife and the importance of response networks and public awareness. tinyurl.com/28h9sr4x

05.02.2026 18:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Myth of “Sustainable” Aquaculture - Aquaculture Accountability Project This report breaks down aquaculture's top sustainability myths, exposing the science-backed reality: fish farming harms the ocean.

Across claims that anchor “sustainable seafood” messaging, this report shows how industrial fish farming has expanded at a scale that inherently drives ecological harm. aquacultureaccountability.org/myth/
#FishFarming #SustainableSeafood #Greenwashing #AnimalRights
@aquacultureaccountability

04.02.2026 23:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pacific Rim Whale Festival | March 14-21, 2026 | Tofino & Ucluelet, BC Join us each March in Tofino & Ucluelet, BC, to celebrate the annual return of Grey Whales on their migration route. Immerse yourself in whale watching, educational events, and coastal celebrations. F...

The @pacificrimwhalefest is back March 14-21, 2026.
See science talks, cultural events, whale watching + more.
Details at: www.pacificrimwhalefestival.com
#WhaleFestival #OceanLife #PacificRim

04.02.2026 18:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian Latest US news, world news, sports, business, opinion, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice

Government data about farmed salmon that died prematurely in Tasmania has sparked calls for stricter welfare and environmental oversight. Visit theguardian.com and search for the title or tinyurl.com/354v5dua
#FishFarms #OceanProtection #AnimalWelfare

03.02.2026 16:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wetlands are important for coastal resilience and a #healthyocean
#WorldWetlandsDay

02.02.2026 20:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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These barnacles are simultaneous hermaphrodites. What does that mean? Find out more @TheMarineDetective
www.facebook.com/share/p/14Ys...

02.02.2026 18:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Immigrant whales’ bring feeding culture to Canadian humpbacks 'Cultural knowledge’ crucial for survival of whales, underscoring need to integrate animal culture into marine management

What happens when whales share knowledge? 🫧
Bubble-net feeding spreads—and Pacific humpbacks rebound.
#SharingKnowledge #GoodNews
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/immigra...

29.01.2026 23:12 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Voluntary corporate accountability doesn’t work. Canada needs to mandate it. “According to a recent report by sustainable seafood watchdog SeaChoice, retailers’ human rights policies are often not embedded into operational practices and no Canadian retailer verifies whether th...

Voluntary measures don’t stop abuse. The evidence is clear. So why does the federal government keep relying on them?
tinyurl.com/ys9wp6k6 or visit aboveground.ngo and search for the title.
@seachoice

29.01.2026 17:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Global National: Jan. 13, 2026 | BC First Nations stay opposed to pipeline after meeting with Carney
Global National: Jan. 13, 2026 | BC First Nations stay opposed to pipeline after meeting with Carney YouTube video by Global News

B.C. Coastal First Nations still opposed to pipeline.
youtu.be/DvTKT02ZXjo?...

27.01.2026 22:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
‘Very unique’: Pod of killer whales seen rubbing bellies on rocks off B.C.'s Sunshine Coast “A pod of orcas surprised people on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast by swimming close to shore and rubbing their bellies on the rocks.” Read the full CBC article.

Did you hear? Northern Resident Killer Whales have spa dates. tinyurl.com/4hec6b9k
#NRKW #Orca #SkinCare

23.01.2026 13:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Prime minister talks pipelines, marine protection with Coastal First Nations in Prince Rupert, B.C. “Coastal First Nations President Marilyn Slett says just one oil spill would destroy their way of life. The group of nine First Nations remains strongly opposed to a pipeline to B.C.'s coast.” Read th...

ICYMI Time for the federal government to help facilitate projects that support marine protection! tinyurl.com/2dk7ptky

22.01.2026 18:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Coastal First Nations call on Carney to defend the B.C. tanker ban in pipeline talks “Tuesday's meeting happened amid heavy rain and wind, and Slett said that it was important for Carney to directly see local conditions and the perilous nature of the northern B.C. coast for himself, t...

An oil spill at sea would mean devastation! tinyurl.com/5n7mv96p
#ChiefK̓áwáziɫMarilynSlett #CoastalFirstNations #oceanconservation #PrinceRupert #tankerban

20.01.2026 17:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0