Ocean Matters

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Fisheries
ConservationInstitute Team

Shifting Baselines

Bald eagles removed from the endangered species list, record salmon run in the Columbia River, crab population rebound in the Gulf of Alaska; these are a

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Pollution
ConservationInstitute Team

Dead Zones

Every summer in the Gulf of Mexico an area, sometimes as large as Massachusetts, becomes void of life due to severely depleted levels of oxygen

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Animal Profiles
ConservationInstitute Team

American Crocodile

American Crocodile Written by: Mary Sweeters Crocodiles (crocodylus acutus) generally fall under the specific reptile group called crocodilians. The crocodilians have 23 species that are found

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