OceanCare Blog
Humpback Whales fall into silence when disturbed by ship noise, new study reveals
A team of Japanese researchers involving the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association and the Hokkaido University just released findings of a study which looked into the reactions of singing male humpback whales to a passenger-cargo vessel passing by in a remote region...
How to act today
The conservation issues surrounding our oceans seem so vast as to be utterly impossible to tackle. It’s easy to look at a problem, such as overfishing, and think there’s nothing I could possibly do to help combat this. There’s nothing, a single person could possibly...
It’s too late for tomorrows
What happens when you have a world that promises technology will solve everything? What happens when we are led to believe that science has the answer to all of our problems? You need only look outside the window to find your answer. We live in a time where seemingly...
Protecting the High Seas. It’s our obligation.
71% of the Earth surface is covered by oceans and two-thirds of that area makes up by the High Seas. While some activities of humankind in these regions are regulated under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) such as international shipping,...
A week of opportunities ahead for migratory ocean species
'Their Future is Our Future ‘ - that is the poignant theme of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) meeting taking place in Manila, The Philippines next week. As Fabienne, Margi, Niki and I scurry around in our last final preparations for this meeting, sending...
Empowering Youth Can Save Our Oceans
Some interesting facts: Did you know that in America, we are using an estimated 500,000,000 plastic straws every single day? That is the equivalent to 1.6 straws for every man, woman and child living in this country every single day. If you were to take an entire...
Aquatic bush-meat: A forced tradition
You, not unlike myself, will probably conjure up images of a group of people sitting around a bonfire and grilling up some wild coyote (or some equally gamey piece of meat) when you hear the phrase “bush-meat”. And in, fact, you’re not entirely wrong- but that’s not...
Sharks need our help just as much as the panda
If you came across a dog on the street, its limbs cut off, slowly bleeding to death- would you walk away? Would you turn a blind eye and tell yourself that creature deserved it? Most people would be outraged. There would be protests, calls to the police. People would...
A game changing week for our blue planet
“There has never been a greater collective movement towards the ocean”. These were just some of the inspiring sentiments that were expressed during this week’s The Ocean Conference in New York. And what a week it has been! Five days have passed by in a flash for...
All eyes on oceans – On our way to be part of ocean history in New York
It is an exciting time to be working to protect oceans. I don’t make that statement lightly or often. Anybody working on ocean related issues will tend to agree that the management of oceans is incredibly complex, and progress towards conservation goals is...