Spooky season is all year long for the ocean, where discarded fishing nets turn into ghost gear, haunting generations of sea life.
Ghost Gear is Haunting the Oceans /
Video: 2018 Victories for our Oceans /
Video: Do MPAs Really Work? /
Protecting habitat is one big way to protect the ocean. But only a small fraction of the sea is set aside today. That's a shame, because preserves, called MPAs, have big benefits for ocean wildlife and coastal people. Now, if only we had more protected zones. Watch the video to learn more.
Produced and edited by Melissa Forsyth
Video: Vegan Sushi /
One chef in Portland, Oregon is challenging the idea that sushi has to mean seafood.
Produced and edited by Melissa Forsyth.
Video: Where There Are Salmon, There Are Vampires /
Not all vampires come from Transylvania. Some live in underwater pens packed with farmed salmon. In this video, learn how tiny parasites called sea lice make life miserable for farmed and wild fish alike. These little bloodsuckers can weaken adult salmon or kill baby ones. And the pesticides we use to kill sea lice can be toxic to other marine life too. For certain dirty salmon farms, sea lice are another sign it's time to clean things up.
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Video: The Problem with Poke /
Poke, a dish made from raw tuna, is enjoying huge popularity far beyond its native Hawaii. But where is all that fish coming from? It turns out that tracking down the source of that tasty yellowfin or bigeye can be a hard task — and that raises some major sustainability concerns.
Produced and edited by Melissa Forsyth
Video: Humpback Whale Facts /
How much do you really know about humpback whales?
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Video: What’s Fish Sex Got To Do With Seafood? /
At first glance, it might seem like the birds and the bees have nothing to do with the sustainability of sharks or sardines. But it turns out that how often and how early marine animals have sex — and how many babies they produce from their trysts — have a big bearing on whether or not these species hit the sustainable seafood mark. In this video, learn why the leisurely sex lives of orange roughy and dusky sharks land them on the no-eat list.
Produced and edited by Melissa Forsyth
Video: Coral Bleaching 101 /
Coral reefs are made up of millions of tiny coral polyps that give their calcified homes color. When the water gets too warm, these polyps leave the skeleton. What's left behind is a white, empty coral home.
Produced and edited by Melissa Forsyth
Video: The Oceans are Global /
Even if you don't live on the coast, the ocean impacts all of us in surprising ways — regulating the climate, storing carbon and even supplying the nutrients that grow beautiful forests.
Produced and edited by Melissa Forsyth