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Blue Ocean Network offers ocean news for ocean people, just like you, who deeply care and are ready to dive in as an ocean change-maker. Whether you live inland or on the water, ocean news provides articles that focus on your daily connections to the sea. You’ll find inspiring stories from ocean activists, scientists, and people just like you that are making large and small contributions to protecting our Blue Home. Discover sustainable solutions that will help you make sustainable choices.

Whale Sharks Prove to be Long Haul Travelers
Marine Biologists have mapped out the routes of leatherback turtles and grey whales, both species famous for their long-distance migration patterns. The Arctic tern annually flies from Iceland and Greenland to the coast of the Antarctic and within six months...

How You Can Help Empty the Tanks Worldwide
May 12th marked the 6th annual Empty the Tanks Worldwide Day and while we are only a few months into 2018, we have a lot of progress to celebrate this year. The Empty the Tanks movement has caught on. Organized pro-cetacean public awareness campaigns and onsite...

Ghost Fishing Gear Kills Again in the Caribbean
Ghost Nets strike again, this time in the Caribbean off the Cayman Islands where hundreds of dead fish and sharks were found ensnared in abandoned in ghost fishing gear. The huge net appeared to have been adrift for months wreaking havoc with marine life that entire...

Plastic Pollution has Sunk to New Depths Do We Need More?
Two stories crossed each other this week that contrast the opposing sides in the war on plastic pollution. Our first story demonstrates that there is no location that is so remote as to be shielded from plastic pollution. The second story is about the profit made from...

Flip Flops are not Plastic Pollution for Lamu Boatbuilders
Too often we write articles criticizing third world countries for the overload of plastic debris in our oceans. While it is true that the greatest amount of plastic waste originates in a few Asia countries, today's inspiring video demonstrates that people living in...

Lionfish Festival, Awareness, Cook-Offs and Viral Videos
Invasive Lionfish have turned some of North America's favorite tropical waters into their own, exclusive picnic basket. Now communities from Texas to Florida are fighting bank and having fun doing it. Here's a taste of a Lionfish Festival near you, that features...

Personal Submarine Tourism at the Four Seasons Maldives
Explore UNESCO waters in DeepFlight’s first 3-person Super Falcon 3S: the pinnacle of personal submarine technology. DeepFlight produces the world’s highest performance personal submarines. On May 3, 2018, Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru became the...

Use a Sustainable Sunscreen that won’t Kill Coral Reefs
Our Ocean’s coral reefs are under threat from many causes. Ocean acidification, climate change and ocean warming are the biggest and these issues need to be tackled at an international level. But there are also serious threats to coral reefs that individuals can help...