Marine Conservation Efforts

Volunteers and scientists participating in beach cleanups and oyster farming, emphasizing marine ecosystem preservation.

Belgium, West Flanders, Koksijde, Oostduinkerke
Belgium, West Flanders, Koksijde, Oostduinkerke
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Crow Canyon
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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) eggs being sustainably harvested by locals, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica
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Volunteers replant a desert habitat in Southern California.
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Cleaning by children dunes pebbles
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Refuge Manager Kevin Godsea standing by a 25 nest hatchery on Cape Island, SC. Subjects: Reptiles; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service. Location: South Carolina. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: CAPE ROMAIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.
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SPAIN - Valencia autonomous region - Alicante. Santa Pola; su puerto mantiene una fuerte actividad pesquera; reparacion de redes
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Office of Research and Development - Gulf Breeze GED , Environmental Protection Agency
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190422-N-QK843-015DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti (April 22, 2019) U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti Larry E. André, left, and Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Kenneth Lacey take part in an Earth Day beach cleanup at Rue de la Siesta beach, April 22, 2019. CLDJ has several Earth Day events planned throughout the week of April 21-28, to include a base cleanup, informational base tours, an art contest and a 5K/3K run walk.
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July 11, 2010 Destin, FL - A Northern Gannet with no visible oil was rescued near Destin Harbor, FL. Rescuer Kenan Adams works for Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge and is a student at Clemson University. Photo by USFWS. Subjects: Birds; Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
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A volunteer picks up a piece of trash during a beach clean-up event at Waimanalo Beach, Hawaii, April 24, 2022. The event was held in an effort to protect resources by cleaning up local beaches.
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Environmental Woes of Tierra del Fuego -- Indigenous Extinction
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PHU YEN, VIETNAM (June 23, 2022) - Lt. Stefani Ahsanov, from Brooklyn, New York, participates in a beach clean-up at North Song Cau Beach during a Pacific Partnership 2022 host nation outreach event. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.
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Port St. Joe, FL: University of Florida grad student Natalie Williams carefully marks an egg which notes its orientation in the nest. Subjects: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers. Location: Florida.
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Pollution - 26-HK-219-50. Hurricane Katrina
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Fort Myers Beach, FL, USA--10/19/22--Lee County Domestic Animal Services transport a cat found in a trap set up by the request of a local resident in her home, to find her cat, lost during Hurricane Ian.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA
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In a series of three workshops in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, the Asheville Field Office got area teachers into the field to explore water quality and stream monitoring. During each of the one-day workshops the teachers tested water chem. Descriptive Note: Images taken at Deep Creek Campground, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Swain County, North Carolina. Subjects: Water management; Sampling; Education outreach; Partnerships; Water conservation. Location: North Carolina.
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Biloxi, Miss., Oct. 2, 2012 FEMA Corps member Vathani Logendran assists Public Assistance Project Specialist Nick Samson assessing damage from Hurricane Isaac at the Coliseum Pier. FEMA and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency are working together to help survivors clean up and recover from the effects of Hurricane Isaac. David Fine/FEMA. Mississippi Hurricane Isaac. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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A biologist with Herndon Solutions Group, the centers environmental services contractor, prepares to release Kemps ridley sea turtles into the Atlantic Ocean at the Canaveral National Seashore near Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 26, 2021. The rescued and rehabilitated turtles were flown from aquatic centers in Massachusetts and New York to the Launch and Landing Facility, managed by Space Florida. NASA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries, Space Florida, and Herndon Solutions Group provided support. The Turtles Fly Too organization provided the flight to Kennedy. All marine turtle footage/images was obtained with the approval of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) under conditions not harmful to marine turtles. Footage was acquired while conducting authorized conservation activities pursuant to: FWC 2021 Consent Permit, MTP-21-005 and MTP-21-114.
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USA, Florida, Ichetucknee State Park, Ichetucknee Spring, Schoolchidren on science filed trip
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July 9, 2010 - Port St. Joe, FL: A trained sea turtle volunteer gingerly handles an egg. Photo by Denise Rowell, USFWS. Subjects: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Relocation; Reptiles. Location: Florida.
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Global Warming
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Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, for a speech on exploration of alternative energy sources, and for a tour of the aquarium and the Scripps Institution environs
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Hurricane Katrina
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100522-N-KD414-7701 SAN NICOLAS ISLAND, Calif. (NNS) (Oct. 5, 2022) - The U.S. Navy conducted an annual coastal cleanup on the remote beaches of San Nicolas Island (SNI), the most isolated of the California Channel Islands, located sixty-five miles offshore, and South of Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu. The cleanup team consisted of nearly fifty volunteer Navy Sailors and civilians assigned to NBVC and Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, who removed over two-thousand pounds of trash and debris on three SNI beaches. NBVC is a strategically located Naval installation composed of three operating facilities: Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island. NBVC is the home of the Pacific Seabees, West Coast E-2C Hawkeyes, 3 warfare centers and 80 tenants.
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Students of Hawaii Research project re green sea turtles
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Stockhom, Sweden A scuba diver prepares to enter water to pick up trash from the bottom of the Palsundet canal in downtown Stockholm.
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Smiling male environmentalist with garbage bag at riverbank
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Environmental Woes of Tierra del Fuego -- Climate Change
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group of schoolchildren in an outdoor environmental education class, Ses Covetes beach, Es Tenc, Campos, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
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Restoration of eroded zones Bretagne France
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Artemis II Booster Aft Segment Transport from BFF to RPSF. A tortoise walks through the grass at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. In view in the background is the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building. The center shares over 140,000 acres with Canaveral National Seashore and Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, a diverse ecosystem and home to more than 1,000 species of plants, 117 species of fish, 68 species of amphibians and reptiles, 330 species of birds, and 31 different types of mammals.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NATIONAL ESTUARIES DAY
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Volunteers remove nonnative ironwoods from Eastern Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Trees; Vegetation; Plants; Volunteers; Tropical environments; Resource management; Management; Islands; Habitat conservation. Location: Pacific Islands. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: MIDWAY ATOLL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.