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What Can You Do On World Oceans Day? A Message From Lasse Gustavsson, Ocean Wise President & CEO

June 7, 2021

June 8th is World Ocean Day, a global movement to recognize the importance of our shared oceans, celebrate the wildlife within it, and recognize how important a healthy blue planet is for human survival. Th...

Big Attention for the Ocean in the Big Apple

June 23, 2017

Ocean Wise Seafood

In 2015, the 193 United Nations member countries unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals seek to ameliorate the universal soc...

Ocean Wise® Launches as a Global Ocean Conservation Organization

June 8, 2017

Ocean Wise, Vancouver Aquarium

Ocean Wise® launched today as a new global ocean conservation organization focused on protecting and restoring our world’s oceans. Building on the roots of the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, ...

World Oceans Day: Are We Doing Enough for Our Oceans?

June 8, 2016

Vancouver Aquarium

As we celebrate World Oceans Day on June 8, Canadians across the country say we’re not doing enough to care for our oceans, and they’re prepared to take action. A new poll*, conducted by Insights West on behalf...

Come Celebrate World Oceans Day at the Aquarium

May 29, 2015

Vancouver Aquarium

Half of the oxygen we breathe comes from plankton that live in the ocean. Clearly, our world's oceans are a big part of our lives. On June 8, World Oceans Day is celebrated around the world to raise awareness o...

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