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Need some photography tips? Trying to decide what pics to submit to our photo contest? 📸
Read our new web story, "Sanctuary Snapshots: Expert Photography Tips from Ocean Photo Contest Champions.”
We spoke with some of the photographers whose iconic images took home Get Into Your Sanctuary Photo Contest prizes in previous years. Let’s
The Get Into Your Sanctuary Photo Contest closes this Monday, September 2. Submit your photos now: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/photo-contest.html
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BREAKING NEWS: Introducing a NEW national marine sanctuary… 🎉
With broad support, today NOAA announced an important addition to America’s National Marine Sanctuary System— Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary.
The 1,722 square-mile area contains waters that act as a gateway between the Great Lakes and the ocean and protect culturally significant places, resources, and artifacts integral to American history and the heritage of Indigenous Peoples.
This is the most recent national marine sanctuary designation since NOAA announced the inclusion of Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary in 2021, and it is the third sanctuary to be designated in the Great Lakes.
The designation of Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary is supported by local governments (in Jefferson, Wayne, Cayuga, and Oswego countie
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Don't forget your camera! Our 2024 #GetIntoYourSanctuary Photo Contest opens today 📸
Submit your entries at https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/photo-contest.html.
Meet Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar, Serina Moheed! Serina is a PhD student at the University of California, Davis studying host-pathogen relationships in marine coastal ecosystems. Join Serina as she brings us through a day in her life in Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
Current and past scholars bios
Learning about marine life is as easy as ABC!
Take a look at 26 sanctuary critters — from A to Z — that call national marine sanctuaries home.
Take a look at 26 sanctuary critters — from A to Z — that call national marine sanctuaries home!
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Smelly Gas Helps Researchers Track Right Whales
In the vast open ocean, how does a large animal like a North Atlantic right whale find enough food to eat? Scientists suspect whales are following odors produced by the natural chemical compound dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a smelly gas released when the copepods eat phytoplankton. To predict where right whales will be aggregating, scientists at NOAA's Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary are conducting groundbreaking research following the same scent trail the whales may be using to locate their favorite food.
Why does this matter? Click to learn more:
In the vast open ocean, how does a large animal like a right whale find enough food to eat? Right whales eat copepods, a tiny marine zooplan
Happy International Women's Day!
We're celebrating the women of our National Marine Sanctuary System and the amazing contributions they make to ocean conservation!
Thank you for all that you do!
Want to learn about some of our favorite sanctuary heroes? Visit the links below!
Hear from some of the inspiring women working throughout the National Marine Sanctuary System.
Current and past scholars bios
March is Women’s History Month, so this month NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is celebrating and reflecting on women’s achievem
BREAKING NEWS:
NOAA proposes national marine sanctuary in Papahānaumokuākea
Today, NOAA has released a draft proposal to designate a national marine sanctuary in the marine portions of Papahānaumokuākea. Home to the endangered Hawaiian monk seal, threatened green turtles and many species found nowhere else on earth, the complex and highly productive marine ecosystems of Papahānaumokuākea are significant contributors to the biological diversity of the ocean.
Papahānaumokuākea is of great importance to Native Hawaiians, and Hawaiian culture is a foundational element in its management. It is also home to a variety of post-Western-contact historic resources, such as 19th-century commercial whaling shipwrecks and artifacts and those associated with World War II’s Battle of Midway.
The public is invited to comment on the sanctuary draft proposal through May 7, 2024.
The proposed sanctuary is a place of unique environmental resources that provide large-scale ecosystem services for the region and the world
