MarineBio Projects

Become a MarineBio member to help support these projects and our goals and mission to share the wonders of the ocean to inspire education, research, and a sea ethic. Join today and become part of the solution to help protect marine life and restore our ocean. The following MarineBio projects are currently underway:

Indonesian Expeditions to Help Save the Pacific Leatherback

MarineBio has teamed up with Save Our Leatherbacks Operation (SOLO) to conduct expeditions to Irian Jaya, Indonesia where the critically endangered U.S. West Coast Pacific leatherback sea turtles go to nest and lay eggs. Find our more >>

Find out more about MarineBio's Frontline Marine Conservation Support Program »

Marine Species Database for the most common and endangered 3,000+ marine species to include referenced taxonomic, morphological, behavioral, dietary, habitat, reproductive, and conservation status information. Most will also include high quality photographs, video or access to video, as well as a variety of online resources for deeper species research. Species will include marine alga and plants, marine worms, hard and soft corals (and other cnidarians), plankton, echinoderms, crustaceans, cephalopods, commercial, reef, and deep-sea fishes, sharks, marine birds, sea turtles (and other marine reptiles), and marine mammals. Status: UNDERWAY: Species Launched | Species in Review

Marine Conservation Information covering the main issues concerning ocean life: global warming, lack of a Sea Ethic, threats to biodiversity, overfishing, habitat conservation, pollution, alien species, and sustainable tourism. Succinct explanations of the complex issues involved in marine conservation with a focus on solutions while highlighting current efforts and the obstacles involved. Status: UNDERWAY

Marine Life Science (Marine Biology) Fundamentals exploring and describing the often alien world that marine life inhabits to assist with the understanding of marine conservation efforts. Status: UNDERWAY

Marine Conservation and Research Support - MarineBio provides substantial exposure (~12 million visitors per year and growing) for effective marine conservation and research groups such as the Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI), Blue Ocean Institute and others. Status: UNDERWAY (ongoing)

The Plankton Forums are a dynamic community of worldwide members involved and interested in marine life, marine conservation and marine biology. Members include high school and college students, marine biologists, marine conservationists, ocean sports professionals, marine science professionals and academia, etc. Status: UNDERWAY (ongoing)

Marine Mammal Stranding Database Project - the Marine Mammal Protection Act falls short of requiring a central database to store and search for data concerning worldwide reports of marine mammal strandings and necropsies. We plan to rectify that to find out what trends may be hiding in the data to assist conservation efforts and whether further work is needed involving investigations as to the causes of strandings. Status: PLANNING

Marine Conservation Organizations Research Project - via surveys and interviews we hope to determine the current status of marine conservation efforts, specifically, to find out which marine species of the endangered and threatened are on the radar, the success of the efforts underway, which efforts are the most successful and why, which species are in dire need, and which species and areas needs the most help. Status: PLANNING

Marine Conservation Laws Report - research will be conducted to determine the extent of marine conservation laws worldwide. We will look at the details, species and areas protected and compare this to the above project. This should help define which laws are working, why, which are not and what needs to be changed. Status: PLANNING

Marine Conservation Technology: Status Report - we plan to identify the most useful and cost effective online and offline technologies being used to assist with marine conservation efforts. Posted online and updated frequently, this should provide a central place for marine conservation groups to most effectively take care of business. Status: CONCEPT

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