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Mikki McComb-Kobza and Ocean First win Go Blue Award

Congratulations to our Ocean Ally Mikki McComb-Kobza and the Ocean First Institute on receiving the Blue Friend of the Year Award at the Go Blue Awards Gala held in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on Friday, October 27. Mikki is Executive Director of Ocean First Institute...

Branson to Trump “Climate Change is Real”

by Robert Frerck

As Hurricane Irma passed through the British Virgin Islands on its deadly course across the Caribbean. Necker Island, the privately owned island of Virgin founder Richard Branson took a direct hit. Branson and his staff rode out the storm in a concrete bunker/wine...

Jill Heinerth is kicking serious fin above and below water.

by Robert Frerck

Jill Heinerth will receive a NOGI in the Sports and Education Category from the Academy of Underwater Arts & Sciences to be awarded at the 57th Nogi Awards Gala held in conjunction with the DEMA show (Dive Equipment and Marketing Association) in Orlando, Florida...

DEMA Reaching Out Awards go to Doug McNeese and Al Hornsby

by Robert Frerck

The Diving Equipment and Marketing Association has announced that Doug McNeese and Al Hornsby are the recipients of DEMA’s Reaching Out Award. To become a member of the DEMA Hall Of Fame is an extraordinary achievement and is available only to those who truly deserve...

Michele Westmorland, Photographer, Filmmaker, World Traveler

by Robert Frerck

Michele Westmorland keeps a very busy schedule traveling between Melanesia and her home outside Seattle and points in between. The award winning photographer and filmmaker was interviewed during our 2015 Summit and recently, we were very pleased to catch up with her...

Jaws Revisited and the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards

by Robert Frerck

In 1975 the Jaws phenomenon transformed ocean awareness and awakened a huge interest in sharks. Few movies have had the enormous impact that Jaws had and the myth of the killer, rogue shark, unfortunately still lingers today. Fortunately, Jaws propelled Peter...