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Western Australian Ocean Foundation

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25.01.2022 We're looking forward to World Oceans Day on 8th June! Join fellow ocean lovers for five bite-sized virtual sessions led by local heroes and ocean heroes: freedivers, subsea engineers, marine scientists, entrepreneurs, photographers and more https://tinyurl.com/ycdhlla2 #forblue #waof #waoceanhealth #worldoceansday #blueeconomy

24.01.2022 Come and say hello to us today and tomorrow at the amazing Ocean Film Festival! https://youtu.be/cY9F3JEWd_A

24.01.2022 The Pacific Ocean is so acidic that it's dissolving Dungeness crabs' shells. Do we have similar conditions in Western Australia? What does this mean for our Western Rock Lobster industry? https://edition.cnn.com//pacific-ocean-acidifi/index.html

23.01.2022 With a little help from my friends - Shark Bay dolphins are learning new tricks

21.01.2022 Yoshi the turtle swam from South Africa to Western Australia. We agree with Yoshi...WA is a great place to visit! Why not join her? #waof #waoceanhealth https://www.abc.net.au//yoshi-turtle-journey-trac/12024088

21.01.2022 How healthy is your ocean? Is the ocean that these sharks came from now less healthy? We're interested to know what you think. https://www.theguardian.com//marine-gold-rush-demand-shark #waof #waoceanhealth

21.01.2022 The air we breath contains plastic... Watch this for a quick summary of the challenges we are facing with plastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch

20.01.2022 Amazing scenes off WA!

20.01.2022 We are looking forward to joining Blueback Freediving & Yoga clean up some plastic on Sunday 12th July. We'd love you to join us! Please click below to register.

19.01.2022 There's love in the water in WA! Great work Australian Institute of Marine Science and Marine Ecology Group - Fisheries Research. #waoceanhealth

19.01.2022 Our ocean, our future, together we can make a difference. #worldoceansday #waof #waoceanhealth Photo credit: Matt Alaniz

19.01.2022 It's important to know your sharks! Let's hope there are more awesome drawings on the way. We'd love to be diving with sharks now but we're in self-isolation instead to help keep everyone healthy! #waof #waoceanhealth

18.01.2022 The power of information in a sustainable world. "You have to keep track of where the fish is coming from when it lands. That's a big issue for sustainability." #waof #waoceanhealth https://news.nationalgeographic.com//global-industrial-f/

18.01.2022 The ocean provides us with fun, food and fresh air! How do we tell people about the projects underway to help it to continue do this? To find out more, join us on Monday 8th June for our World Oceans Day Attracting Attention panel https://tinyurl.com/ycdhlla2 #forblue #waof #waoceanhealth #worldoceansday #blueeconomy

17.01.2022 I wonder if she will be doing the mandatory 2 weeks quarantine once she gets to WA?

17.01.2022 We have a narrow window of opportunity to deliver a healthy ocean to our grandchildren, and we have the knowledge and tools to do so. Some good news for our oceans! #waof #waoceanhealth https://www.theguardian.com//oceans-can-be-restored-to-for

17.01.2022 It can be tough to investigate things when you're curious but only have sharp teeth to pick things up with! #waoceanhealth #waof

17.01.2022 Do we know who we are? Can we exercise restraint to care for what is fragile? Please take a couple of minutes to watch and share this beautiful and short clip. https://vimeo.com/148259045 #waoceanhealth #waof

17.01.2022 #Repost @cnn A dead pregnant whale washed ashore in Italy with roughly 50 pounds of plastic in her stomach, officials said. Inside her stomach were "garbage bag...s ... fishing nets, lines, tubes, the bag of a washing machine liquid still identifiable, with brand and barcode ... and other objects no longer identifiable," said Luca Bittau, the president at SeaMe, a non-profit focused on protecting sea mammals. The carcass was found last week in Sardinia, Italy a hotspot for tourists. (: Vigili del Fuoco) #PlasticPollutes #LivePlasticFree #EndPlasticPollution #regram #zerowaste #plasticfree #BeatPlasticPollution #instagram #picoftheday #photooftheday See more

17.01.2022 Finning. Pervasive. Wasteful. Destructive. Detrimental to ocean health and the exhilaration of seeing these beautiful creatures in their natural environment.

17.01.2022 A visual reminder of the impact of our choices and actions.

16.01.2022 "It turns out that far more microplastics are hidden deep in the ocean than on the surface." "Earlier this year, another group found plastic fibers in the guts of animals that live in the 36,000-foot-deep Mariana Trench, the lowest point on Earth." Read on for a serious Friday afternoon reality check. https://www.theatlantic.com//2019/06/ocean-micropl/591094/ #waof #waoceanhealth

16.01.2022 Can octopuses dream? This footage suggests so.

15.01.2022 An interesting article on the sustainability of Australian seafood. Do you know that we import nearly three-quarters of our seafood, and two-thirds of our prawns? https://www.watoday.com.au//the-provenance-of-a-prawn-how-

15.01.2022 Come say hello to us today at the Subi Farmers Market! We’re here talking about the need to understand ocean health better. We also have t-shirts and books for sale to raise funds towards our mission

15.01.2022 Plastic found in manta ray poo and vomit...consuming 60 pieces of plastic every hour. Sobering research by Murdoch Uni. Let's get behind ocean health! #waoceanhealth #waof https://www.murdoch.edu.au//microplastics-on-the-menu-of-m

13.01.2022 Surfers in Australia rise up for the Great Australian Bight #FightfortheBight

09.01.2022 This Friday 3 April Dr. Sylvia Earle and Liz Taylor will host a town hall at 3 pm Pacific time. SAURDAY 6AM AWST, 9AM AEST. Please register for free here if you would like to join: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XoA0esCjSDyX1C36kfRumA #MissionBlue #OceanElders

09.01.2022 Check out this amazing discovery in our very own WA Ocean from the teams at the Western Australian Museum and the Schmidt Ocean Institute! #waof #waoceanhealth

08.01.2022 WA anglers who target large sharks for likes on social media are in the sights of Sir David Attenborough, after the famed naturalist threw his support behind a proposed shark sanctuary in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Shark Bay Marine Park. #WAOF #waoceanhealth

08.01.2022 Thought provoking article by Tommy Remengesau Jr, the President of Palau. "just five high-income countries are responsible for about 86 per cent of all fishing on the high seas". "Ocean degradation falls heaviest on those least responsible for causing it exacerbating an already staggering unequal distribution of marine resources." "equity is a prerequisite to achieving a sustainable ocean economy."... "As with climate, business as usual for ocean governance invites catastrophe." https://www.watoday.com.au//ocean-degradation-falls-heavie #waof #waoceanhealth

06.01.2022 Gotta keep swimming, even while you're sleeping! #waoceanhealth #waof

06.01.2022 The data we have is irrefutable, but we still have hope because humans can still take action. We just havent taken meaningful action yet. https://www.theguardian.com//ocean-temperatures-hit-record

06.01.2022 Do you know that we're developing some cutting edge ocean technology right here in Western Australia? What opportunities might there be for you? To find out more, join us on Monday 8th June for our World Oceans Day Technology for the Sea panel https://tinyurl.com/ycdhlla2 #forblue #waof #waoceanhealth #worldoceansday #blueeconomy

03.01.2022 If you happen to be having a burger at Grill'd Leederville don't forget to add your token to our WAOF jar!!

03.01.2022 Parts of the ocean have seven times more plastic than fish. These areas have, on average, 8 times higher plastic densities than the plastic densities recently found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. https://www.telegraph.co.uk//parts-ocean-have-seven-time/

02.01.2022 Hi Everyone, Check out our great quality t-shirts for only $45 at our WAOF store: https://www.waof.org/store All proceeds go to WAOF as we work to improve WA ocean health.

01.01.2022 A great day out with wonderful people to help continuously improve ocean health! Thank you Blueback Freediving & Yoga!