Bow Seat Scholarship Announced for the Florida Marine Ecology Expedition, June 21-July 1, 2020
PLEASE NOTE: NEW DATES FOR THE FLORIDA MARINE EXPEDITION: June 21-July 1, 2020. Calling all creative Florida teens who want to make a splash on behalf of the world’s oceans! Ocean Matters is proud to announce a partnership with the prestigious Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs, which is generously providing one full scholarship ($3,500 value) […] Read More
Living for the Moments
by Kristen Beidelman, age 17, Holliston, Massachusetts This is Kristen Beidelman’s video of her experience on our 2017 Pacific Program at the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology on Oahu, Hawai’i. Let us tell you more about Ocean Matters and our marine conservation through service adventures. Read More
A Marine Conservation Compass
by Laura Parker Roerden Last summer’s cinema blockbuster Finding Dory has rightly set off alarms in the marine conservation community against an anticipated spike in blue tang sales for private aquaria, which would decimate wild coral reef populations. But there is a deeper conservation message, simmering just below the film’s surface (if you will pardon […] Read More
In Honor of World Oceans Day: Addressing the Invasive Lionfish in the Caribbean
by Andie Herrig (age 18) , Cheyenne Fauvel-Decrombecque (age 18), Reagan Sullivan (age 18) and Devon Sullivan (age 18) May 25, 2016, Utila, Honduras Today Ocean Matters set out to dive on a mission to hunt the invasive lionfish. Yesterday we were taught about how dangerous this predator is in the Caribbean. They disrupt food […] Read More
Founding Director Laura Parker Roerden Keynotes at Mote Marine Labs Tea for the Sea
Laura Parker Roerden, Ocean Matters Founding Director, keynoted last week at the venerated Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota’s for their annual Tea for the Sea representing Women Working for Oceans (W20) from Boston. Just two days prior to the event Mote’s beloved founder Dr. Eugenie Clark, who was hoped to attend the tea, passed away at 92. […] Read More
Participate in the Last Straw Challenge!
Ocean Matters is encouraging students and the grownups in their lives to pressure their schools to stop using plastic straws at lunch. This one action, can have significant ripples in saving seabirds and other marine life from mounting plastic marine debris. Take the Last Straw Challenge here. Read More
Ocean Matters Launches History of Whaling Project
by Laura Parker Roerden Whaling might be a vestige of our past, but it has left echoes that can be felt to this day. Ocean Matters, in partnership with LePage-Miller, Inc., is launching a Digital Humanities research program on the history of whaling. Three high schools in areas with rich whaling histories: Lahaina, HI, the East […] Read More
The Journey
by Jessie Williams As we continue further into our trip on Oahu with Ocean Matters, the journey never stops. On Wednesday, we visited the Marine Mammal’s Pen, which featured Kina, the only false killer whale in captivity. Kina was a delight to meet and showed her broad array of amazing tricks. We also got to […] Read More