In this episode we take a deep dive into the world of marine conservation and creating an ethic around the ocean.
Resources
FishWise
https://fishwise.org/about-us/mission-and-vision/ is an organization that helps promote ocean ecosystem health. Their consumer tools will take you to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch List
https://www.seafoodwatch.org/seafood-recommendations/consumer-guides. Following these guidelines is an easy way to help preserve the health of the oceans and marine life.
Here are links to photo selections on Marc's website
Sea Otters
https://livingseaimages.com/shopping/zoomin.php?target=enhydra&page_size=9999&online=true&code=321P120Urchin Barrens
https://livingseaimages.com/searchresults.php?target=barren&page_size=9999Kelp Forest
https://livingseaimages.com/searchresults.php?logic=AND&Genus=*Macrocystis*&online=true&page_size=9999
Rockfish
https://livingseaimages.com/searchresults.php?target=sebastes&page_size=9999Sunflower Star
https://livingseaimages.com/searchresults.php?target=Pycnopodia&page_size=9999Marc's book about how sea life on the Central California coast has changed can be found here
https://livingseaimages.com/books/ccbooklet/site.php.
Read this article
https://baynature.org/article/bringing-back-kelp/ in Bay Nature Magazine about disappearing kelp forests in Northern CA.
Marc's Blog has an article
https://livingseaimages.com/blog.php about the problem in Central CA.
Marc also produced this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38JxaGCEYnA about the kelp forests.
Follow this link
https://livingseaimages.com/voyage/ to write to the California Fish & Game Comission to take action.
