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Michael Simms: The Cove

I loved those mornings
of timeless simplicity.
I learned patience
is not something you work for
but something you wait for

June 28, 2025 · 55 Comments

Vicky Bond: The Commercial Fishing Industry Is Destroying Vital Marine Ecosystems

The unsustainable practice of killing fish for human consumption not only harms them but countless other marine animals die as “unintended” bycatch in reckless fishing operations or lose their lives to the fishing industry’s widespread ocean pollution and habitat destruction, which is damaging our oceans beyond recovery.

December 19, 2024 · 5 Comments

Declan McCabe: The Science Behind Streams and Rivers

65% of the river water discharging to our oceans is associated with threatened habitats.

March 27, 2023 · 3 Comments

Gary Fincke: Selflessness

In the animal kingdom, among fish,
one father carries all of the laid eggs
in his mouth, sixty-five day starvation
to make that flexible, deep mouth a womb. 

December 2, 2021 · 2 Comments

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