Kudos to Walmart for committing to source tuna more sustainably by 2027. It's using its purchasing power to help reduce bycatch, #IUUfishing, and lost gear. Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch knows it takes all of us to drive positive change. #SustainableSeafood corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2023/…

☀️Seaside sea-renity on the summer solstice. Gliding by the light, these pelicans shore are enjoying the extra sunlight. You can often spot them soaring above the sea surface and around the bay. Stay fly and sea-labrate summer’s spectacular day in style with our peli-pals.

With our partners, we’re developing an ecosystem of tools and products to make artificial intelligence, #MachineLearning, and #OceanResearch more accessible because we believe connecting communities and data will accelerate ocean discovery. Learn more: oceanvisionai.org

You’re invited to MBARI’s Open House! We are excited to welcome our neighbors from Monterey Bay and beyond to the 2023 MBARI Open House on Saturday, July 29, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at our research facilities in Moss Landing, CA. Learn more: mbari.org/news/join-us-f…

Chat with MBARI scientists, engineers, marine operators, and SciComm experts, learn about careers in ocean science and engineering, get an up-close look at our fleet of deep-sea robots, test your skills building and piloting an underwater robot, and so much more! Join us:

Claws and reflect with the Spider Crab Cam x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

These deep-sea bubblegum corals create a whimsical wonderland teeming with life 🪸✨

It's #NationalRelaxationDay! Check out these drifting comb jellies, set to lo-fi hip hop music, on the Monterey Bay Aquarium YouTube channel (one of many options we have for you). youtube.com/watch?v=0M5kuk… #GoWithTheFlow

Another fantastic story of discovery from the MBARI team and its colleagues with Moss Landing Marine Labs UA Fairbanks University of New Hampshire Field Museum -- a deep-sea nursery for 20,000 brooding octopus! 💙🐙💙🐙💙🐙

You can learn more about MBARI's work and see fantastic deep-sea animals in our newest exhibition, Into the Deep/En lo Profundo: montereybayaquarium.org/visit/exhibits…

It's Rosa's 24th birthday this week! We're celebrating with a live stream from the Sea Otters exhibit this morning at 8:30 Pacific time, @Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. If you miss it live, check out the archived chat with one of our mammalogists. youtube.com/watch?v=ju7BeL…

We’re thrilled that designation of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary is moving forward. Sanctuaries are vital for protecting special places in the ocean, as we can see by looking off the back deck of Monterey Bay Aquarium! montereybayaquarium.org/visit/monterey…

Right now, NOAA is considering strategies to best protect this area with input from local communities, ocean users, and the wider public. Learn more about this remarkable place and the next steps for official designation: sanctuaries.noaa.gov/chumash-herita…

The Chumash Heritage sanctuary is the nation’s first Indigenous-proposed sanctuary. It’s a unique opportunity for shared stewardship and collaborative understanding of the marine ecosystem.

Kelp forests are inspiring and vital to maintaining a healthy ocean. At Monterey Bay Aquarium, we applaud Rep. Jared Huffman and Senator Jeff Merkley for introducing the Help Our Kelp Act to restore kelp and sustain our living ocean. 🌊💙 huffman.house.gov/media-center/p… #HelpKelp

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will maintain protection of southern sea otters under #EndangeredSpeciesAct. Otters are vulnerable because of climate risks, shark mortalities, and their limited range: fws.gov/press-release/…

Huge thanks to Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory for organizing the expert panel on the risks posed by #DeepSeaMining for Monday's Capitol Hill Congressional briefing -- and to @DeepMicrobe Victor Vescovo Craig Smith Douglas McCauley and Solomon “Sol” Pili Kahoʻohalahala for their insights. #DSM

Thank you to Senator Jeff Merkley Sheldon Whitehouse Rep. Jared Huffman for urging ambitious U.S. action to combat global plastic pollution. #PlasticTreaty #INC3 merkley.senate.gov/merkley-whiteh…

Many thanks to the Department of State Foreign Press Center for the opportunity to get the word out to international journalists today about the ocean's central role in the climate conversation. A healthy ocean can be one of our best defenses against climate change. #OceanClimateAction #COP28

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