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Quarterly News & Updates, Volume 2, June 2022
Conservation, Education & Economic Development
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Greetings Members and Friends,
FOA celebrates World Oceans Day this month. The United Nation’s World Oceans Day theme, "Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean," truly resonates with our membership. Our member organizations work in an array of sectors and are involved with everything from scientific research for finding solutions to problems resulting from climate change and sea-level rise to exploring energy alternatives that reduce carbon impacts of the cruise and ocean transport industries.
This November, FOA will host a gathering of our members, friends and supporters at Port Everglades. We hope you will plan to join us on November 18 for this luncheon program aboard Royal Caribbean Cruises' Liberty of the Seas, with (invited) guest speaker Rick Spinrad, Director of NOAA. There will also be a silent auction to support FOA's initiatives to protect the ocean and coastal resources that are so vital to Florida's Blue Economy. We will share more information about the event soon.
We encourage you to share this issue of Florida Ocean News with your friends and colleagues and help to spread the message that the ocean truly connects, sustains and supports us all – and we all have a duty to protect it and use its resources sustainably.
Thanks for your continued support and interest.
Sincerely,
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A. Paul Anderson
President
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FOA Celebrates World Oceans Day | | |
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Join FOA in Celebration of UN World Oceans Day on June 8
As FOA celebrates World Oceans Day this month, we fully support the United Nations' theme, Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean, which sheds light on the communities, ideas, and solutions that are working together to protect and revitalize the ocean and everything it sustains.
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Civil society, science centers, research institutions, NGOs, businesses, communities and governments in Florida and around the world all celebrate World Oceans Day. These sectors make up our Florida Ocean Alliance membership as well. As an alliance of many diverse interests, we work together to raise awareness of the many benefits we all derive from ocean and coastal resources. And we believe our individual and collective duty is to use these resources sustainably as future generations in Florida and around the world will continue to depend on the ocean for their livelihoods.
In fact, our mission states "The Florida Ocean Alliance is dedicated to bringing together the private sector, academia, and nonprofit research organizations in Florida to protect and enhance Florida’s coastal and ocean resources for social and economic benefit. Working together with disparate groups within these sectors, we find and implement solutions so that the state and communities will continue to protect and benefit from Florida’s rich coastal and ocean assets."
In recognition of World Oceans Day, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides these significant ocean facts, reminding us that the ocean truly connects, sustains and supports us all:
- The ocean produces over half of the world's oxygen and stores 50 times more carbon dioxide than our atmosphere.
- Covering 70% of the Earth's surface, the ocean transports heat from the equator to the poles, regulating climate and weather patterns.
- 76% of all U.S. trade involves marine transportation.
- From fishing to boating to kayaking and whale watching, the ocean provides us with many unique activities.
- $282 billion is the amount the U.S. ocean economy produces in goods and services. Ocean-dependent businesses employ almost 3 million people.
- The ocean provides more than just seafood; ingredients from the sea are found in many different foods.
- Many medicinal products come from the ocean, including ingredients that help fight cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, and heart disease.
Learn more at NOAA
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The biggest ocean celebration of the year is on the horizon! Join Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium for World Ocean Day fun and festivities on June 11 at Mote Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida. World Ocean Day is officially observed on June 8 worldwide, allowing people around our blue planet to celebrate and honor the shared ocean that connects us all. | | | | |
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Funding for Shark Research Facility at Mayport Part of State Budget Jacksonville Business Journal
Lawmakers budgeted $7 million in state funds for Ocearch, a marine research nonprofit that plans to use $4.5 million to build a headquarters at Mayport. Ocearch now awaits the affirmative signature or veto of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Quinton White, executive director of the Marine Science Research Institute at Jacksonville University, the academic home for Ocearch said, “JU and Mayport act as a conduit for the rest of the state for shark research.”
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Florida Scientists Using Human Medicine to Try to Heal Reefs - and It's Working WPBF News | Glenn Glazer's children are native-born Floridians, and from the first time their little feet touched the sand, the ocean began calling to them. While life is thriving above the waves, below the waves, it's dying."If I look down on the reef like from an airplane, and I ask 'how much of that reef is coral,' it's now below five percent in most locations," said John Hunt, a scientist for Florida Fish and Wildlife (FWC). | |
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Member News & Announcements | |
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The Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association and Resiliency Florida are teaming up to host
the 2nd Annual Florida Resilience Conference on October 5 - 7, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point, Bonita Springs, Florida. The purpose of the conference is to provide a professional forum for in-depth discussion on the state’s burgeoning resilience efforts in agriculture, beach and coastal systems, energy, and infrastructure. The Call for Abstracts is open through June 22, 2022. Abstracts should have a focus on policy, planning, funding, legal, and project innovations in climate change, sea-level rise, vulnerability, and adaptation for one of the featured industries. For more information about the conference or abstract ideas, go to our conference website at https://floridaresilienceconference.org/.
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The U.S. Postal Service has honored Dr. Eugenie Clark with a new USPS Forever® Stamp. Help spread the word on social media with #eugenieclarkstamp. | | | |
Happy 100th Birthday to Our Shark Lady, Dr. Eugenie Clark
May 4, 2022, marked the 100th birthday of a marine science legend, Dr. Eugenie ("Genie") Clark, the "Shark Lady" who founded Mote Marine Laboratory in 1955. Throughout her 100th year, Mote will celebrate Genie's incredible life and positive impacts with special events, activities and opportunities to help support and grow her legacy of marine science and education.
View the USPS video commemorating her life and announcing the Eugenie Clark forever stamp at https://youtu.be/qCGc-FZY5io
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Make Plans to Attend Bonefish & Tarpon Trust's
7th Science Symposium
Register here for Bonefish & Tarpon Trust's 7th International Science Symposium and Flats Expo on November 4-5 at the PGA National Resort! The 2022 program, presented by Costa, will include presentations on major research findings by BTT along with spin and fly casting clinics, fly tying clinics, panel discussions with top anglers and guides, art and photography, and a special banquet honoring Sandy Moret, Matt Connolly, Chico Fernandez, and Dr. Andy Danylchuk for their many contributions to flats fishery conservation.
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(Photo courtesy of Royal Caribbean Cruises) | As one of Florida's leading economic generators, Broward County's Port Everglades is the gateway for international trade and cruise vacations. Consistently ranked among the top three busiest cruise ports in the world, Port Everglades is also one of the nation's leading container ports and South Florida's main seaport for receiving petroleum products including gasoline, jet fuel and alternative fuels. The Port Everglades Department is a self-supporting Enterprise Fund of Broward County, Florida government with operating revenues of almost $103.5 million in Fiscal Year 2021 (October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021). It does not rely on local tax dollars for operations. The total value of economic activity related to Port Everglades is nearly $29 billion. More than 196,000 Florida jobs are impacted by the Port, including 10,389 people who work for companies that provide direct services to Port Everglades. For more information, visit porteverglades.net or e-mail PortEverglades@broward.org . | |
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Port Everglades Explores Shore Power with FPL Agreement
Broward County and its Port Everglades Department have reached a $495,000 agreement with Florida Power & Light (FPL) to explore providing electrical shore power to all eight cruise ship berths at the world's third largest cruise homeport. The agreement gives FPL the go-ahead to begin design services required to construct a new electrical sub-station and power distribution facilities at Port Everglades.
Shore power enables vessels to shut down their petroleum-fueled auxiliary engines and connect to the power grid while in port, resulting in significant reductions in localized air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
"When we first explored shore power back in 2009, few of the cruise ships that came to Port Everglades were equipped to connect at that time, so it was premature to make a multi-million dollar investment. Now is the time as today's cruise ships being built for energy efficiency and the lines are retrofitting their older fleet with shore power technology," said Port Everglades Chief Executive and Port Director Jonathan Daniels. He added that the Port will seek state and federal cost-sharing opportunities such as grants, with the balance of the project shared between the Port and the cruise lines.
The approximately three-month preliminary design phase includes assessing the capability and capacity of the electrical grid to determining the necessary electrical infrastructure upgrades required to effectively deliver shore power to each of the Port's eight cruise berths.
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During Seatrade Cruise Global, representatives from Port Everglades, FPL, Disney Cruise Line, Holland America Group and Royal Caribbean Group voiced support for the shore power research project.
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NOAA Hollings Scholar Supports National Coral Disease Response in Partnership with Florida Sea Grant
Florida Sea Grant congratulates Sophie Maginnes, a NOAA Hollings Scholar, on her internship this summer with the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program in partnership with Florida Sea Grant and Coral World Ocean and Reef Initiative (CWORI) in St. Thomas. Maginnes will be working with Florida Sea Grant part-time to support activities of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Coral Disease Working Group. With CWORI, Maginnes will gain experience in hands-on coral restoration methods, rearing corals in a nursery, helping with out-planting efforts and supporting national coral disease response.
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Maginnes discovered her passion for coral restoration during her time at Duke University, during which she had the opportunity to take classes and conduct research at Duke University Marine Lab. Having this experience, she is incredibly excited that the Hollings Scholarship has provided her the opportunity to work with NOAA this summer on coral restoration efforts in St. Thomas, USVI.
Maginnes will be working half of the time with NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program in partnership with Florida Sea Grant to support efforts of the U.S Coral Reef Task Force Coral Disease Working Group. As part of her scholarship, she will facilitate the creation of a tracking mechanism of existing legislation and policy regarding coral disease as well as help to identify funding opportunities for stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) response and prevention.
When she is not supporting the Working Group, she will be working with Coral World Ocean and Reef Initiative (CWORI), a non-profit in St. Thomas dedicated to conserving marine habitats and wildlife through rescue, rehabilitation, restoration, and research, with a goal to empower others through public education. With CWORI, Maginnes will gain experience in hands-on restoration methods, rearing corals in a nursery and helping with out-planting efforts.
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Sophie Maginnes, a rising senior studying both environmental science and biology with a concentration in marine science and conservation at Duke, is a recent recipient of the NOAA Hollings Scholarship. | |
A banded Black Skimmer (center) amidst a resting, mixed flock of skimmers, gulls, and pelicans | |
Banded Birds Tell Great Stories
The Tampa Christmas Bird Count was well underway when Jeff Liechty of Audubon Florida's coastal team spotted a banded Black Skimmer amidst a resting, mixed flock of skimmers, gulls, and pelicans. Zeroing in on its tiny, white, numeric bracelet, Jeff snapped photos so he could do some research and submit his critical resight data once he made it safely back to dry land. The identity of this particular Black Skimmer, 3E2, blew him away.
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Jeff learned that, in 2020, a large-scale effort to restore a decommissioned military installation in Hampton, Virginia, included the creation of new nesting grounds on land as well as the installation of nesting barges just offshore. The following year, a team of biologists from the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources and the Virginia Tech Shorebird Program banded many Black Skimmer chicks at that site before they fledged for wintering grounds, including Jeff’s 3E2.
Jeff's observation is the first resight of the bird, and a perfect example of the importance of reporting sightings of banded birds. Audubon Florida biologists began a similar effort to band Florida Black Skimmers in 2015, which has provided invaluable information on their seasonal movements, survival, where they breed, and how successful they are. Birders who find and report these banded birds provide much of this important data. If you see a banded bird:
• Note date, time, and location — with GPS if possible
• Note the species
• Note which leg or legs have bands
• Note the color and order of bands — upper or lower and left or right leg. If the band or flag has an alphanumeric code, try to note the code
• Take a picture! Digital cameras work great through scopes and sometimes even binoculars
For information on how to report birds of all different species visit: https://fl.audubon.org/birds/banded-birds
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FIO Positioning R/V Hogarth Around Coast of Florida in 2o22-2023
The Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO), based out of St. Petersburg, has a strong record of supporting FIO members in the form of access to FIO’s research vessels and the Keys Marine Laboratory (KML) - and also offers competitive rates. This year, FIO has modified its approach based on the goals set in the 2021-2025 FIO Strategic Plan, and it is a thoughtful attempt to be equitable, impactful, and efficient.
This coming academic fiscal year, FIO is positioning the R/V HOGARTH around the state to provide efficient access. FIO encourages Florida Ocean Alliance members to take advantage of the opportunity to utilize this state-of-the-art vessel without having to coordinate logistics to transport groups to the vessel’s St. Petersburg homeport. If the FOA member organization is also a full State University System (SUS) member of the FIO Consortium, sponsored ship time is available. For non-academic organizations, FIO offers extremely reasonable daily rates.
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FIO invites you to review the Hogarth Positioning Schedule and use the Hogarth Request Form to give FIO’s vessel operations team an idea of what your organization wants to accomplish and when. FIO hopes to accommodate preferred dates and also welcomes those simply interested in touring the vessel to learn about its capabilities and life at sea. In future years, FIO anticipates that this annual positioning schedule will be mostly consistent.
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Student divers at KML gain proficiency in essential dive skills, learn marine survey/underwater photography techniques, and enhance their marine species identification skills. | Students onboard KML’s R/V Diodon, completing field-intensive scientific dives within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. | |
FIO’s Keys Marine Lab Hosts First Scientific Diving Course
FIO's Keys Marine Laboratory (KML) recently hosted sixteen University of South Florida (USF) undergraduate students for the Department of Integrative Biology’s first-ever Scientific Diving course. During two weekends in April, KML’s crew assisted USF Professor Chantale Begin and USF Dive Safety Officer Ben Meister with this student-focused opportunity made possible by the FIO-sponsored “KML Lab Time Award.” Each group of eight students participated in a total of three days onboard KML’s R/V Diodon and completed eight field-intensive scientific dives within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. A majority of the students were recently certified as Open Water Divers. Their time at KML allowed them to gain proficiency in essential dive skills/safety, learn a variety of marine survey/underwater photography techniques, and enhance marine species identification skills. After each day of diving, students participated in classroom sessions led by the USF instructors. Read more about the course here.
The Keys Marine Laboratory is a full-service marine field station with on-site housing in the Florida Keys at mile marker 68.5. The facility offers a unique opportunity for education and research in the only tropical marine ecosystems in the continental United States. Its ideal location with easy access to Florida Bay, the Everglades National Park, the Florida Current, and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary offers an excellent base of operations for field excursions.
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Mini Lecture Series Wraps Up
in June
The FAU Harbour Branch Oceanographic Institute will conclude its Mini Lecture Series on June 8. The Elliott Museum hosts the lecture series presented by FAU Harbour Branch researchers. Open to the public, the lectures give the community a chance to hear directly from researchers about topics affecting our coastal communities and beyond. More information on FAU Harbour Branch events is available here.
Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 6 p.m.
Elliott Museum, Stuart
"The Ben Franklin Submersible: A 30-Day Mission"
Don Kazmir, Former Pilot, Ben Franklin Submersible
and member of the 30-day Gulfstream Drift Mission Team
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Turning the Tide for Ocean Climate Action: Unleashing the Climate Benefits of Our Blue Planet | |
The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis will hold a hybrid hearing titled "Turning the Tide for Ocean Climate Action: Unleashing the Climate Benefits of Our Blue Planet " on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. ET.
This hearing will examine the role the ocean plays in the climate crisis and the need to develop and invest in ocean-based climate solutions, both at home and abroad, to build resilient ecosystems and communities.
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More Marine News & Information | |
National Ocean Month: June 2022 | There are 255 coastline counties in the U.S. located in three regions across 23 states: the Atlantic Ocean (129), Pacific Ocean (70), and Gulf of Mexico (56). | | |
Coral Reefs Provide Stunning Images of a World Under Assault | MIAMI (AP) - Humans don't know what they're missing under the surface of a busy shipping channel in the "cruise capital of the world." Just below the keels of massive ships, an underwater camera provides a live feed from another world, showing marine life that's trying its best to resist global warming. | | |
Marine Ecologists Warn of Coral Extinction by the End of the Century | |
(From Consortium for Ocean Leadership member Louisiana State University/ By Alison Satake)(Photo Credit: Jim E. Maragos/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Wikimedia Commons)
Vibrant coral reefs teeming with marine life are diminishing throughout the Caribbean as global temperatures rise. Coral reefs are habitats that support
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Companies Can Soon Start Paying the Bahamas to Store Carbon in the Ocean | Seagrass beds and mangrove trees in the Bahamas' crystal-clear waters may soon be drafted into the fight against climate change. The Caribbean country plans to offer "blue carbon" credits this year as a way for companies internationally to offset their emissions, the country's prime minister announced last week. | | | |
PortMiami Pledges to Expand Technology to Cut Emissions from Ships - from Florida Ports Council | Miami-Dade County is upping its commitment to shore power at PortMiami, a technological upgrade that allows ships to plug into the local grid at port instead of continuing to burn fuel in downtown Miami. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has committed to the county to build one shore power hookup at the Carnival terminal by fall 2023. | | |
Shifting Ocean Closures Best Way to Protect Animals from Accidental Catch | Accidentally trapping sharks, seabirds, marine mammals, sea turtles and other animals in fishing gear is one of the biggest barriers to making fisheries more sustainable around the world. | | |
NOAA Blue Carbon Enterprises Lessen Climate Change Damage | The Takeaway: Coastal wetlands research, restoration, tools, data, workshops, and partners-NOAA brings every blue carbon asset to the fight against climate-change-related hazards and harm. Looking out onto a tranquil coastal marsh, many people would never guess that, beneath its windswept grasses, plants buried deep in the soil have captured and stored vast amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses. | | |
Hope Plays a Key Role in Climate Repair | If there is one takeaway from today's conversation about climate change, it is the absence of denial about the scope of the challenge. At COP26 last November, heads of state committed to keeping the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement alive. | | | |
Mangroves vs. Seawalls? Mix May Be 'Best of Both Worlds' | MIAMI (AP) - Along most of the historic South Florida coast, mangroves were nature's way of protecting the coast from waves and hurricanes. As development inched closer to the water, seawalls became the method of choice to separate land and sea. | | |
Scripps Oceanography-Led Study Predicts Climate Change Accelerates Ocean Currents | Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego is one of the world's most important centers for global earth science research and education. In its second century of discovery, Scripps scientists work to understand and protect the planet, and investigate our oceans, Earth, and atmosphere to find solutions to our greatest environmental challenges. | | |
NOAA FY 2023 Budget Advances a Climate-Ready Nation, New Blue Economy and Equity | |
“The Biden-Harris Administration recently released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023, which includes strong support for NOAA‘s mission and goals. This level of funding signals the Administration's support of NOAA as the authority on climate data and information. The FY 2023 budget will allow NOAA to scale our efforts to deliver accurate climate products and services to all Americans by building on our research, forecasts, and observations," said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D.
“While the release of the President’s FY2023 Budget is one step in the federal budget process, the proposed funding is a down payment in building the Climate Ready Nation we urgently need. I’m ready to begin a new fiscal year that will enhance our agency’s ability to protect lives, livelihoods, and lifestyles.”
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Earth2Ocean, Inc. specializes in making science relevant, understandable, and even entertaining for broad audiences. After working in more traditional science settings such as academia and government, marine scientist, Dr. Ellen Prager, founded the company in 2003 to pursue innovative projects and use non-traditional means to engage diverse audiences in science learning. Projects have included working with the US Commission on Ocean Policy on their report to the President and Congress, consulting for Disney on the movie Moana, being the ongoing science and program advisor for Celebrity Cruises in the Galapagos Islands, appearing on-air as an expert for NBC and CNN, and working with StormCenter Communications, Inc. to create award-winning science-related short videos. Partnering with StormCenter Communications, Dr. Prager also worked on summits to bring together leading climate scientists with broadcast meteorologists and is currently helping to explore the use of the company’s innovative geospatial trusted data sharing and collaboration technology to improve situational awareness, communications, and data-driven decision making. | | |
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Dr. Prager teams up with The Florida Aquarium in the coral reef shark tank for an underwater book reading and Q&A for kids.
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Earth2Ocean, Inc. is also the vehicle Dr. Prager uses as a frequently requested speaker for a wide variety of audiences, including headlining on cruise ships, conferences, and school events and to write popular science and children’s books. Her book Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans’ Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter, takes an entertaining look at marine biodiversity, its relevance to the average person, and why ocean life and resources are at risk. Ocean advocate Carl Safina says of the book, “A great book for beginners and one even experts can learn from and enjoy—this is possibly the best general book ever written on creatures of the deep.” It has also been called hilarious, tastefully salacious, and fascinating. Dr. Prager is particularly proud of the adventure series she writes for middle graders that combines action, humor, relatable characters, and fun science and nature learning (The Wonder List Adventures and Tristan Hunt and the Sea Guardians).
Earth2Ocean, Inc. has long been a member of the Florida Ocean Alliance, sharing in the mission to improve the recognition of Florida’s valuable ocean and coastal resources so they can be used wisely and protected for the future.
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Dr. Prager’s forthcoming adventure book for middle graders takes place in the Florida Keys and includes science about invasive species, algal blooms, coral reefs, and her experiences living underwater in the Aquarius Reef Base. | |
In the Galapagos Islands, wildlife is so well-protected and tourism controlled that birds and sea lions are unafraid. No long lenses are needed for these incredible photos of a red-footed booby and Galapagos sea lions. | |
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Emma Haydocy, Florida Policy Manager
Surfrider Foundation
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Emma Haydocy is the Florida Policy Manager with the Surfrider Foundation, a national nonprofit dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's ocean, waves, and beaches, for all people, through a powerful activist network.
In addition to her public policy work, she is an active member of the Islamorada Chamber of Commerce and Nearshore Water Advisory Committee, chair of the Public Policy Committee of the Upper Keys BPW, and a nest surveyor with Save-A-Turtle Florida Keys.
When she is not working to protect Florida's waterways, she is out enjoying them as an avid angler, diver, and paddler.
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A. Paul Anderson
(FOA President)
Port Tampa Bay
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Laura DiBella
(FOA Vice-President)
Florida Harbor Pilots Association
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Richard Dodge, Ph.D.
(FOA Treasurer)
Nova Southeastern University
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Jerry Sansom
(FOA Secretary)
Organized Fishermen of Florida
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Anne Birch
The Nature Conservancy
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James Cantonis
Armaly Sponge Company
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Josh Carroll
Royal Caribbean Group
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Duane E. De Freese, Ph.D.
Indian River Lagoon Council
FOA Executive Committee
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Monty Graham, Ph.D.
Florida Institute of Oceanography
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Kumar Mahadevan, Ph.D.
Florida Ocean Alliance,
Founding Member and
FOA Executive Committee
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Kellie Ralston
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust
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Sherry Larkin, Ph.D.
Florida Sea Grant College Program
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Denise McCafferty
Lloyd's Register
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James F. Murley, Esq.
Miami-Dade County
Florida Ocean Alliance,
Founding Member and
FOA Executive Committee
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Jackie Larson
Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association
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David McDonald
McDonald, Miller, & Coleman LLC
FOA Executive Committee
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Ellen Prager, Ph.D.
Earth2Ocean, Inc.
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Phil Purcell
Marine Industries Association of South Florida
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Robert Salonen, CEcD
Florida Institute of Technology
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Megan Stolen
Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute
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Jim Sullivan, Ph.D.
Florida Atlantic University- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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Matthew Upton
Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service
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Bradley Watson
The Everglades Foundation
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Jeff Watters
The Ocean Conservancy
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Glenn Wiltshire
Port Everglades
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Julie Wraithmell
Audubon of Florida
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Lenore Alpert, Ph.D.
Executive Director, FOA
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Florida Ocean News is published by the Florida Ocean Alliance, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, private-public partnership of private industry, trade, academic and environmental organizations promoting awareness and understanding of the ocean’s importance to the economy and environment of Florida.
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