Oceanic Defense is involved in many ongoing public awareness campaigns.
Over the past month we have featured stories on The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Shark Fishing Tournaments in Florida and Ocean Acidification.
Top 5 Things to Save the Ocean
Reduce your plastic consumption
Park your car. Ride a bike
Make informed seafood choices
Dispose of chemicals properly
Celebrate our oceans
Shark fishing Tournaments
Many coastal cities participate in sportfishing tournaments. Of these cities a select few opt for a more spectacular tournament catch and killing large sharks. What's the problem with killing a few sharks? Why should we care? What can you do about it? Continue to read on...
Shark Free Marinas Initiative
The Shark-Free Marina Initiative has a singular purpose, to reduce worldwide shark mortality. We encourage shark conservation at sport fishing and resort marinas by prohibiting the landing of any shark at the participating marina. The SFMI concept is quite simple, if fishermen are prohibited from bringing sharks back to their marina docks it is more likely that the sharks will be released rather than killed.
Taiji Japan Dolphin Slaughter
Every year between September 01 - April 30 more than 20,000 dolphins are killing in a remote village in a tiny cove on the coast Taiji Japan. The dolphins that do survive this terrible ordeal are then condemned to a life of imprisonment through the aquarium industry. Dolphins belong in the ocean not in tiny cement pools for human amusement.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Located halfway between the west coast of the United States and Japan floats a mass of plastic twice the size of Texas.
Stop Shark Finning
Shark finning refers to the removal and retention of shark fins and the discard at sea of the carcass. The shark is most often still alive when it is tossed back into the water. Unable to swim, the shark slowly sinks toward the bottom where it is eaten alive by other fish.
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