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How are you celebrating World Environment Day today? Join us as we dive underneath, around, and above the thin blue line with SeaLegacy 1 and explore all the wonders of the ocean at new depths. Watch how we our helping to protect, restore, and celebrate our planet in @sonyalpha ’s SeaLegacy: The Voyage at the link in our bio with @mitty and @paulnicklen leading at the helm. #onlyoneearth🌎 #onlyoneearth #worldenvironmentday #environment #ocean #nature #adventure

June 05, 2022

What do you see when you lay your eyes upon a spirit bear? What emotions do they evoke for you? The bright fur of the spirit bear is striking against the forest’s hues of green, brown, and hints of yellow from the cascading beams of light breaking through the trees. You are immediately drawn into their beauty and grace. A quick turn of the bear’s head in your direction instantly makes your heart stop with anticipation but it’s a welcomed hello from one spirit to another. The bear continues to roam along the stream with ease but not without purpose. With sheer stealth, it lunges into the cool water to grasp onto a salmon in the midst of its annual run. The Kermode bear’s food has arrived! Water drips from its pelt, as it carries its marine-rich catch into the depths of the forest. Learn more about how spirit bears are connected to salmon and the forest at our Salmon Hub available at the link in our bio. Video by @paulnicklen #Canada #spiritbear #salmon #nature #beauty

June 04, 2022

#BREAKING: Fisheries Minister @joycemurraymp decides to continue overfishing capelin and fails to protect them by not closing the commercial fishery. Capelin have been critically depleted and overfished for more than 30 years. They are an incredibly important species, feeding many other marine animals such as cod, puffins and whales. This decision directly contradicts @fisheriesoceanscan own policy, putting wild fish and coastal communities at risk. Read our full statement at Oceana.ca. #SaveCapelin

June 03, 2022

Are you the next Ocean Photographer of the Year? @opy_awards celebrates our blue planet through imagery that captures in a split second the beauty, mystery, plights, and exciting moments of the world around us. Photography has the power to inspire reflection and spark action from audiences across the world to help save our ocean. What stories do your photographs tell? Enter before June 30th at the link in our bio! Photographers at all levels are welcome to participate. Even better, our Storytellers @paulnicklen , @mitty , @andy_mann , and @shawnheinrichs will be on the judging panel to view your submissions. We can't wait to see what you share! Photo by OPY 2021 winner @oceanaimee@oceanographic_mag #OPY #photography #adventure #conservation #nature

June 03, 2022

[Sound on] Be whisked away to British Columbia’s Denman Island, where sea lions roam beneath the thin blue line with curiosity, playfulness, and a sense of adventure. Take a dive and enjoy the beauty of watching the pinnipeds dance against the ocean’s mystical backdrop. Video by @paulnicklen #adventure #nature #life #ocean #beauty

June 02, 2022

Words by @moore_rachel // “The ocean is my home, my passion, and my greatest teacher. By protecting exploited areas, we can begin to reverse the damage from human impacts, and we can protect only threatened populations, but a diversity of species.” Join Rachel in encouraging world leaders to demand protection of 30% of the ocean by 2030. Help us protect the place many species, including us, call home. @paditv@onlyone@mission_blue #Ocean30 #WorldReefDay #impact #climateaction #ocean #change

June 01, 2022

We are almost out of time! Did you know that the survival of local seabirds, whales, commercially important stocks like cod and other marine life in Newfoundland and Labrador are connected to the fate of capelin? Those species and others rely on a small schooling fish found off the coast of northeast Newfoundland, capelin. Yet today, the keystone forage species is critically depleted as a result of overfishing over the last three decades. We must act now to rebuild capelin populations. Their survival is vital for a healthy ocean and economy. Add your name at the link in our bio to tell government leaders to close the commercial capelin fishery immediately. Photos by @paulnicklen and @rolfhickerphoto@onlyone@oceana_canada #SaveCapelin #TurnTheTide #impact #wildlife #nature

May 31, 2022

#OceanLens: Photos & words by @christmannphoto // “We can learn a ton from emperor penguins and not just about walking funny or sliding on our bellies. I am talking about teamwork and the amazing feats that can be accomplished when individuals unite their strengths. The birds live and breed in the harshest conditions on the planet with wind speeds reaching up to 200km/h and temperatures that can plummet to -50°C. Most of the time penguins will be with their colony in a huddle — a secret weapon against the cold. In a huddle, the colony stands closely together, sticking their heads and beaks into the gaps between the shoulders of the birds in front of them. This way they can share dissipated body heat with the rest of the huddle to stay warm and cozy. They even developed a way of moving birds from the outside into the center and from the center back to the outside by constant movement around the huddle. Every bird gets a chance to stay in the warm center. It's a fair and effective system. Emperor penguins are also great parenting teams. While the female lays the egg and the male incubates it during the winter, both parents take turns in watching after their chick. Only families where parents work together as a team can successfully raise a chick to adulthood. Huddling is a skill that emperor penguins have to acquire through practice. I once watched a group of chicks trying to form their own mini huddle. It was the cutest sight: a few of them stuck their heads together, while other chicks poured in from the surroundings. Since the cozy places in the center were already taken, late arrivals would try running fast and leaping into the middle for a shortcut. And for some of them that actually worked. Crowdsurfing into the center of the huddle is not the gentleman's way, but it was a very humorous sight. It showed me one thing though: These birds live in a harsh environment and yet they manage to adapt and thrive in these surroundings through teamwork. Imagine what we could do if we fostered true teamwork: a 1.5°C climate goal would suddenly seem easy to reach. We owe it to these wonderful birds to work towards the common goal of protecting our planet.

May 30, 2022

Flickers of silver dance off of the capelins’ scales across the waters, glittering from the sun’s radiance. The slender fish swerve in and out of the shadows below feeding on floating plankton. Nearby the behemoth humpback whales skim near the ocean’s surface to capture schools of the keystone forage species to satiate their immense appetite. At an average 36.3 metric tons (80,000 pounds), these whales need access to scores of capelin, one of their prey species.⁠ ⁠ Despite the collapsed capelin population from decades of overfishing, the fish remains an important part of this marine mammal’s diet. As the outlook for the stock is bleak, humpback whales risk losing access to a rich source of nutrients and energy. While forage fish populations can fluctuate because of environmental factors, they are also heavily influenced by fishing. Failing to reduce the pressure of commercial fishing when environmental conditions are already having an impact can result in dramatic population declines.⁠ ⁠ Capelin are incredibly important to humpback whales and the Atlantic Ocean ecosystem. Now is a critical time to take action and change the outlook of their future. Add your name at the link in our bio to demand that the government protects capelin from overfishing.⁠ ⁠ Photos by @paulnicklen and @rolfhickerphotography ⁠ ⁠ @onlyone@oceana_canada ⁠ ⁠ #SaveCapelin #TurnTheTide #impact #wildlife #nature

May 30, 2022

Photo and words by @mitty // "One of the questions I get asked the most is, 'What can I do?'. This question comes from individuals, and it also comes from businesses. Increasingly, consumers are demanding the products and services they support with their purchasing power be aligned with their desire to be accountable for their impact on the earth. Our members are addressing that demand. Together, we can take steps towards systemic change in our consumer culture.”⁠ ⁠ Bound by a commitment to protect our ocean and planet, The Good Ocean was formed in May 2021 with a community of eight founding members: @paka , @daryahope , @goodjujuink , @kos , @LoweproBags , @earthfolio , @oceanbeer , and @sheringhamdistillery . The companies are actively building a league of ocean advocates, who are all working together to create a better world through meeting and exceeding conservation best practices within their businesses.⁠ ⁠ As we celebrate the first anniversary of The Good Ocean, we want to recognize each member for their dedication to drive innovation and sustainability across their entire supply chain and employment ecosystems. Their eagerness to learn, collaborate, evolve, and implement improvements to benefit suppliers, employees, and consumers is inspiring. And through these efforts, they are actively increasing the protection of our ocean and all life on this planet.⁠ Learn more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ We look forward to continuing our work with these amazing companies and welcoming additional members into The Good Ocean over the next year!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Celebrate our incredible members in the comments below!⁠ ⁠ #TurnTheTide #conservation #impact #climateaction #business #TheGoodOcean

May 30, 2022

Words by @alexmorton4salmon // “Keystone species means that if that species is removed, things start to collapse. It means it’s the key to the lock that opens the door to the whole ecosystem. Some people say to me, ‘ I don’t eat salmon, so I don’t really care.” Well, do you breathe? Because salmon are feeding the trees that make the oxygen that we breathe. “From the moment the salmon egg leaves the mother’s body, it’s feeding the world around them. There’s not a lot of species that are designed to feed the masses. They can feed all of us and thrive. They are so remarkable and they’re such a gift. They’re so important. They are a bloodstream. I don’t say that lightly. They go out into the open ocean and they are gathering the energy of the sun hitting the ocean. Because the sun hits the ocean and it creates this good plankton bloom which feed little fish, and then the salmon eat those fish. Then they bring that all back home and they defy gravity and they take it up the watershed and they feed the trees. Somehow we have lost that memory, that connection, that understanding.” Now is a critical moment in the 30-year effort to protect wild salmon from industrial salmon farms. Add your name at the link in our bio to ask the Minister of Fisheries not to renew the last salmon farm licenses and prevent further devastation for our keystone species. Video by @paulnicklen@onlyone@alexmorton4salmon@watershedwatchbc@rewild@[email protected]@mitty@paulnicklen #SaveSalmon #NoSalmonFarmsBC #impact #action #salmon

May 30, 2022

Did you know that Atlantic puffins can catch an average of 12 fish in their beak at one time? That’s a lot of capelin! This small forage fish supports many species in Newfoundland and Labrador, including puffins. When a fish population is considered “critical,” conservation actions should be the immediate priority. Oceana Canada’s new research found that capelin are overfished and should be considered critically depleted. Yet a commercial fishery still exists.⁣ Raise your voices and demand that the government protects capelin from overfishing. Add your name at the link in our bio to encourage the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada to close the commercial capelin fishery. Photo by Charles Lamb @onlyone@oceana_canada #SaveCapelin #TurnTheTide #impact #wildlife #nature

May 30, 2022