National Ocean Protection Coalition (NOPC)
@usoceanprotection.bsky.social
We're a partner-powered coalition of 50+ organizations all working together to create and support marine protected areas across the U.S.
🚨New report 🚨Deep-sea mining in American Samoa is NOT economically viable. Flawed models, underestimated costs, and immature tech plague proponents. 📉 Register for the webinar to get the facts!
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
🚨New report 🚨Deep-sea mining in American Samoa is NOT economically viable. Flawed models, underestimated costs, and immature tech plague proponents. 📉 Register for the webinar to get the facts!
Our marine national monuments are havens for everything living within them, from tiny plankton to giant whales. But now, the Trump administration wants to industrialize these national treasures. Read why this former @NOAA director says enough is enough:
Protect marine national monuments from destruction | GUEST COMMENTARY
The Trump administration is working to open some of America’s protected natural treasures to industrial fishing and oil drilling, writes Lauren Wenzel.
tinyurl.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Our marine national monuments are havens for everything living within them, from tiny plankton to giant whales. But now, the Trump administration wants to industrialize these national treasures. Read why this former @NOAA director says enough is enough:
Tomorrow is #NationalMarineSanctuaryDay, a national day celebrating our connection to America’s public waters in our ocean & Great Lakes! These areas offer opportunities to explore both on the water and from the shore. Join and learn more about the celebration at NationalMarineSanctuaryDay.org!
National Marine Sanctuary Day - October 23, 2025
Celebrate National Marine Sanctuary Day by supporting our sanctuaries.
NationalMarineSanctuaryDay.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tomorrow is #NationalMarineSanctuaryDay, a national day celebrating our connection to America’s public waters in our ocean & Great Lakes! These areas offer opportunities to explore both on the water and from the shore. Join and learn more about the celebration at NationalMarineSanctuaryDay.org!
Reposted by National Ocean Protection Coalition (NOPC)
President and CEO of Minorities in Shark Sciences, Jasmin Graham, shares how she's defying stereotypes and telling her own story. 🦈
Watch more from the 2025 Ocean Progress Symposium: https://www.americanprogress.org/events/ocean-progress-symposium-2025-advancing-conservation-close-to-shore/
Watch more from the 2025 Ocean Progress Symposium: https://www.americanprogress.org/events/ocean-progress-symposium-2025-advancing-conservation-close-to-shore/
October 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
President and CEO of Minorities in Shark Sciences, Jasmin Graham, shares how she's defying stereotypes and telling her own story. 🦈
Watch more from the 2025 Ocean Progress Symposium: https://www.americanprogress.org/events/ocean-progress-symposium-2025-advancing-conservation-close-to-shore/
Watch more from the 2025 Ocean Progress Symposium: https://www.americanprogress.org/events/ocean-progress-symposium-2025-advancing-conservation-close-to-shore/
“Papahānaumokuākea is ecologically unmatched and spiritually inseparable from Hawaiian identity.” -Kanoeʻulalani Morishige, @CivilBeat. This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, take action to safeguard sacred ocean places. Sign the petition in article: tinyurl.com/3jd4tt7m
Safeguard Papahānaumokuākea: The Future Of Our Oceans Depends On It
It’s a sanctuary and a global model of ocean protection grounded in Native Hawaiian leadership.
tinyurl.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Papahānaumokuākea is ecologically unmatched and spiritually inseparable from Hawaiian identity.” -Kanoeʻulalani Morishige, @CivilBeat. This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, take action to safeguard sacred ocean places. Sign the petition in article: tinyurl.com/3jd4tt7m
Industrial fishing harms vulnerable marine ecosystems. In 2015 alone, nearly 6,600 sharks were caught in the area now protected by Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. POTUS wants to roll back these protections. Tell @NOAA you support our marine monuments! 🪸🐋 https://linkly.link/2F3tY
Protect Our Marine Monuments | Notion
🐟 Action #1: Sign the national petition to protect our marine monuments from industrial fishing!
linkly.link
October 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Industrial fishing harms vulnerable marine ecosystems. In 2015 alone, nearly 6,600 sharks were caught in the area now protected by Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. POTUS wants to roll back these protections. Tell @NOAA you support our marine monuments! 🪸🐋 https://linkly.link/2F3tY
Marine monuments protect ocean wildlife and areas connected to cultural and historic traditions.
POTUS is undermining these special places and laying the groundwork to destroy protected areas. Support marine monuments and tell @NOAA to #ProtectOurOcean! https://linkly.link/2F3tY
POTUS is undermining these special places and laying the groundwork to destroy protected areas. Support marine monuments and tell @NOAA to #ProtectOurOcean! https://linkly.link/2F3tY
Protect Our Marine Monuments | Notion
🐟 Action #1: Sign the national petition to protect our marine monuments from industrial fishing!
linkly.link
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Marine monuments protect ocean wildlife and areas connected to cultural and historic traditions.
POTUS is undermining these special places and laying the groundwork to destroy protected areas. Support marine monuments and tell @NOAA to #ProtectOurOcean! https://linkly.link/2F3tY
POTUS is undermining these special places and laying the groundwork to destroy protected areas. Support marine monuments and tell @NOAA to #ProtectOurOcean! https://linkly.link/2F3tY
🚨NEW TOOL🚨 @envdefensefund.bsky.social just launched an interactive map showing NOAA’s 735 sites in communities across the U.S.. NOAA makes life-saving weather alerts as well as sustainable seafood and jobs available, and it can help identify the impacts. tinyurl.com/2hhnwwbs
NOAA and you: How the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration works for your community
This map highlights the geographic reach of NOAA’s facilities, programs, and partnerships across the United States as of January 2025.
tinyurl.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
🚨NEW TOOL🚨 @envdefensefund.bsky.social just launched an interactive map showing NOAA’s 735 sites in communities across the U.S.. NOAA makes life-saving weather alerts as well as sustainable seafood and jobs available, and it can help identify the impacts. tinyurl.com/2hhnwwbs
Happy 9th designation anniversary for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument! 🌊🎉🐋
Check out the New England Aquarium's blog on their recent aerial survey of the Monument that identified over 500 animals! #marinemonument bit.ly/3VNHTzy
Check out the New England Aquarium's blog on their recent aerial survey of the Monument that identified over 500 animals! #marinemonument bit.ly/3VNHTzy
Aerial Survey Sights Over the Monument Highlight Important Protected Habitat - New England Aquarium
Two summertime surveys spotlight the dynamic marine environment of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
bit.ly
September 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Happy 9th designation anniversary for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument! 🌊🎉🐋
Check out the New England Aquarium's blog on their recent aerial survey of the Monument that identified over 500 animals! #marinemonument bit.ly/3VNHTzy
Check out the New England Aquarium's blog on their recent aerial survey of the Monument that identified over 500 animals! #marinemonument bit.ly/3VNHTzy
🚨 1 WEEK LEFT TO APPLY🚨
Join the U.S. cohort of @EarthEcho’s Ocean Protection Ambassador Program and lead campaigns to advance and defend ocean protections in the United States.
Youth ages 17-22, learn more and apply by September 17, 2025 for this PAID opportunity at: bit.ly/OPA-apply! #GenSea
Join the U.S. cohort of @EarthEcho’s Ocean Protection Ambassador Program and lead campaigns to advance and defend ocean protections in the United States.
Youth ages 17-22, learn more and apply by September 17, 2025 for this PAID opportunity at: bit.ly/OPA-apply! #GenSea
September 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🚨 1 WEEK LEFT TO APPLY🚨
Join the U.S. cohort of @EarthEcho’s Ocean Protection Ambassador Program and lead campaigns to advance and defend ocean protections in the United States.
Youth ages 17-22, learn more and apply by September 17, 2025 for this PAID opportunity at: bit.ly/OPA-apply! #GenSea
Join the U.S. cohort of @EarthEcho’s Ocean Protection Ambassador Program and lead campaigns to advance and defend ocean protections in the United States.
Youth ages 17-22, learn more and apply by September 17, 2025 for this PAID opportunity at: bit.ly/OPA-apply! #GenSea
Cool science alert! Follow along with @delmns.bsky.social as researchers look for seabirds, sample water for eDNA, & explore deep sea corals of the Northeast Canyons & Seamounts Marine National Monument 🪸🌊
September 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Cool science alert! Follow along with @delmns.bsky.social as researchers look for seabirds, sample water for eDNA, & explore deep sea corals of the Northeast Canyons & Seamounts Marine National Monument 🪸🌊
“Our waters are not isolated. We live here.” Deep sea mining companies think it’s better to mine the “remote” Pacific seabed than mining on land. But American Samoans say NO to deep-sea mining. Read more from @grist.org : tinyurl.com/4snr2u6t
#DefendTheDeep #ProtectOurOcean
#DefendTheDeep #ProtectOurOcean
American Samoa says no to deep-sea mining. The Trump administration might do it anyway.
The CEO of a seabed mining startup says the decision about mining leases will be made in Washington, D.C.
tinyurl.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“Our waters are not isolated. We live here.” Deep sea mining companies think it’s better to mine the “remote” Pacific seabed than mining on land. But American Samoans say NO to deep-sea mining. Read more from @grist.org : tinyurl.com/4snr2u6t
#DefendTheDeep #ProtectOurOcean
#DefendTheDeep #ProtectOurOcean
🌍 Applications are open for @EarthEcho’s U.S. Ocean Protection Ambassadors! If you’re 17-22 and ready to lead campaigns to defend our oceans this is your moment! Gain funding, training, and mentorship to advance ocean protection in the U.S. Apply by September 17 at: bit.ly/OPA-apply #GenSea
September 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🌍 Applications are open for @EarthEcho’s U.S. Ocean Protection Ambassadors! If you’re 17-22 and ready to lead campaigns to defend our oceans this is your moment! Gain funding, training, and mentorship to advance ocean protection in the U.S. Apply by September 17 at: bit.ly/OPA-apply #GenSea
After a decade of protection, the Pacific Islands Heritage marine monument was opened to industrial fishing & closed again. New in @nature.com, scientists call for better understanding the impacts of these back-and-forth policies on marine life & communities: tinyurl.com/yc8n4mv6
Study protected waters newly opened up to fishing | Nature
Letter to the Editor
tinyurl.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
After a decade of protection, the Pacific Islands Heritage marine monument was opened to industrial fishing & closed again. New in @nature.com, scientists call for better understanding the impacts of these back-and-forth policies on marine life & communities: tinyurl.com/yc8n4mv6
Reposted by National Ocean Protection Coalition (NOPC)
From FutureSwell
Last week a federal district court ruled that commercial fishing cannot legally continue in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument
Letʻs keep it going, sign Pacific Islands Heritage Coalition’s petition here: linktr.ee/pricoalition
#PIHMNM must remain protected!
Last week a federal district court ruled that commercial fishing cannot legally continue in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument
Letʻs keep it going, sign Pacific Islands Heritage Coalition’s petition here: linktr.ee/pricoalition
#PIHMNM must remain protected!
August 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
From FutureSwell
Last week a federal district court ruled that commercial fishing cannot legally continue in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument
Letʻs keep it going, sign Pacific Islands Heritage Coalition’s petition here: linktr.ee/pricoalition
#PIHMNM must remain protected!
Last week a federal district court ruled that commercial fishing cannot legally continue in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument
Letʻs keep it going, sign Pacific Islands Heritage Coalition’s petition here: linktr.ee/pricoalition
#PIHMNM must remain protected!
This week, NOPC joined ocean advocates to deliver a clear message to Congress: NOAA saves lives.
NOAA plays a crucial role in protecting against threats to our nation’s marine protected areas.
Say NO to cutting NOAA. Say YES to saving lives and our ocean.
NOAA plays a crucial role in protecting against threats to our nation’s marine protected areas.
Say NO to cutting NOAA. Say YES to saving lives and our ocean.
July 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This week, NOPC joined ocean advocates to deliver a clear message to Congress: NOAA saves lives.
NOAA plays a crucial role in protecting against threats to our nation’s marine protected areas.
Say NO to cutting NOAA. Say YES to saving lives and our ocean.
NOAA plays a crucial role in protecting against threats to our nation’s marine protected areas.
Say NO to cutting NOAA. Say YES to saving lives and our ocean.
@noaa.gov provides key services that communities and industries rely on:
📷Protecting our coastlines
📷Ensuring safe seafood
📷Predicting & monitoring storms
📷Supporting coastal economies
As the senate commerce cmte considers who will lead NOAA, now is the time for accountability.
📷Protecting our coastlines
📷Ensuring safe seafood
📷Predicting & monitoring storms
📷Supporting coastal economies
As the senate commerce cmte considers who will lead NOAA, now is the time for accountability.
July 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@noaa.gov provides key services that communities and industries rely on:
📷Protecting our coastlines
📷Ensuring safe seafood
📷Predicting & monitoring storms
📷Supporting coastal economies
As the senate commerce cmte considers who will lead NOAA, now is the time for accountability.
📷Protecting our coastlines
📷Ensuring safe seafood
📷Predicting & monitoring storms
📷Supporting coastal economies
As the senate commerce cmte considers who will lead NOAA, now is the time for accountability.
Thank you @rephuffman.bsky.social and @repvalhoyle.bsky.social for speaking out against the Undersea Cable Protection Act. This bill allows tech companies to disrupt delicate habitat in our marine sanctuaries with NO accountability.
July 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Thank you @rephuffman.bsky.social and @repvalhoyle.bsky.social for speaking out against the Undersea Cable Protection Act. This bill allows tech companies to disrupt delicate habitat in our marine sanctuaries with NO accountability.
Deep sea mining threatens our oceans & American Samoa's way of life. 🚨 The proposed project off American Samoa is reckless & unnecessary. Speak up before July 16! Submit your comment to BOEM and tell them to halt deep sea mining plans. #DefendTheDeep #ProtectOurOcean
July 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Deep sea mining threatens our oceans & American Samoa's way of life. 🚨 The proposed project off American Samoa is reckless & unnecessary. Speak up before July 16! Submit your comment to BOEM and tell them to halt deep sea mining plans. #DefendTheDeep #ProtectOurOcean
The ocean is not a sacrifice zone. 📍American Samoa opposes deep sea mining—so should we. Let’s uplift Indigenous leadership and protect our shared home. Sign the petition now ➡️ forms.gle/kiyrpNjMcAB2... #OceanJustice
Petition to Oppose Imposition of Deep Seabed Mining on American Samoa/Petición para oponerse a la minería de los fondos marinos profundos en Samoa Americana
This petition is organized by Right to Democracy and America the Beautiful for All Coalition in support of leaders and communities from American Samoa and all U.S. territories. When signing the petiti...
forms.gle
July 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The ocean is not a sacrifice zone. 📍American Samoa opposes deep sea mining—so should we. Let’s uplift Indigenous leadership and protect our shared home. Sign the petition now ➡️ forms.gle/kiyrpNjMcAB2... #OceanJustice
Thanks to @repyassansari.bsky.social, @repdexteror.bsky.social, @repvalhoyle.bsky.social, and @rephuffman.bsky.social for standing up for marine sanctuaries! Tell Congress to vote NO on the CORE Act and the Undersea Cable Protection Act. naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eve...
Hearings | House Committee on Natural Resources
naturalresources.house.gov
June 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Thanks to @repyassansari.bsky.social, @repdexteror.bsky.social, @repvalhoyle.bsky.social, and @rephuffman.bsky.social for standing up for marine sanctuaries! Tell Congress to vote NO on the CORE Act and the Undersea Cable Protection Act. naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eve...
Recent federal decisions are cutting funding to critical ocean programs, stalling research, and weakening workforce development that supports conservation across the country.
In a new op-ed, aquarium leaders speak out about what’s at stake.
In a new op-ed, aquarium leaders speak out about what’s at stake.
All of us depend on a healthy ocean | GUEST COMMENTARY
The ocean is the lifeblood of coastal communities, writes the CEOS of aquariums across the country.
shorturl.at
June 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Recent federal decisions are cutting funding to critical ocean programs, stalling research, and weakening workforce development that supports conservation across the country.
In a new op-ed, aquarium leaders speak out about what’s at stake.
In a new op-ed, aquarium leaders speak out about what’s at stake.
Our National Marine Sanctuaries are for:
🦦Wildlife
🏊Recreation
⛰️Cultural and historic resources
🐳Biodiversity
💲Local tourism
Our National Marine Sanctuaries are NOT for:
🙅Big Tech handouts
🛢️Oil exploration & drilling
Congress needs to protect these treasured ocean places.
🦦Wildlife
🏊Recreation
⛰️Cultural and historic resources
🐳Biodiversity
💲Local tourism
Our National Marine Sanctuaries are NOT for:
🙅Big Tech handouts
🛢️Oil exploration & drilling
Congress needs to protect these treasured ocean places.
June 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Our National Marine Sanctuaries are for:
🦦Wildlife
🏊Recreation
⛰️Cultural and historic resources
🐳Biodiversity
💲Local tourism
Our National Marine Sanctuaries are NOT for:
🙅Big Tech handouts
🛢️Oil exploration & drilling
Congress needs to protect these treasured ocean places.
🦦Wildlife
🏊Recreation
⛰️Cultural and historic resources
🐳Biodiversity
💲Local tourism
Our National Marine Sanctuaries are NOT for:
🙅Big Tech handouts
🛢️Oil exploration & drilling
Congress needs to protect these treasured ocean places.
Jaws terrified audiences, but also sparked curiosity about our ocean. 🦈
50 years later, the real threat isn’t sharks. It’s us.
In this piece, Wendy Benchley honors her late husband Peter’s legacy & urges us to act now to protect the ocean he loved.
#OceanMonth
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
50 years later, the real threat isn’t sharks. It’s us.
In this piece, Wendy Benchley honors her late husband Peter’s legacy & urges us to act now to protect the ocean he loved.
#OceanMonth
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My husband wrote 'Jaws.' We need to better protect the oceans he loved. | Opinion
'Jaws' brought sharks and the ocean into the forefront of the public's imagination 50 years ago. Let's use this anniversary to protect it.
www.usatoday.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Jaws terrified audiences, but also sparked curiosity about our ocean. 🦈
50 years later, the real threat isn’t sharks. It’s us.
In this piece, Wendy Benchley honors her late husband Peter’s legacy & urges us to act now to protect the ocean he loved.
#OceanMonth
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
50 years later, the real threat isn’t sharks. It’s us.
In this piece, Wendy Benchley honors her late husband Peter’s legacy & urges us to act now to protect the ocean he loved.
#OceanMonth
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Reposted by National Ocean Protection Coalition (NOPC)
”If you’re a fish lover, you want to protect #HudsonCanyon,” says Vinny Milburn, owner of Greenpoint Fish and Lobster Co. in Brooklyn, NY.
For World Oceans Month, seafood markets in NY and NJ will wrap seafood in butcher paper with language in support of protecting the canyon.
🌎 bit.ly/3ZRWSuQ
For World Oceans Month, seafood markets in NY and NJ will wrap seafood in butcher paper with language in support of protecting the canyon.
🌎 bit.ly/3ZRWSuQ
June 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
”If you’re a fish lover, you want to protect #HudsonCanyon,” says Vinny Milburn, owner of Greenpoint Fish and Lobster Co. in Brooklyn, NY.
For World Oceans Month, seafood markets in NY and NJ will wrap seafood in butcher paper with language in support of protecting the canyon.
🌎 bit.ly/3ZRWSuQ
For World Oceans Month, seafood markets in NY and NJ will wrap seafood in butcher paper with language in support of protecting the canyon.
🌎 bit.ly/3ZRWSuQ