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Marine Protected Areas: The National Parks of the Ocean
National Parks represent some of the last remaining wilderness in America. While these terrestrial parks draw a lot of attention and tourists annually, there exists a wilderness off the coast of the United States that is just as beautiful and wild and ecologically important. These are special underwater parks where unique and diverse marine ecosystems are protected by law, though the number pales in comparison to land-based parks.
Using Silence and Darkness to Let the Ocean Speak for Itself
SeaWeb teamed up with award-winning marine filmmaker Bob Talbot to create a Super Bowl spot that’s as shocking as it is stunning. San Francisco Bay Area residents will be treated to the full commercial during Sunday’s Super Bowl pre-game show on NBC, and the spot will also be available here and on YouTube. By opening with Talbot’s typically gorgeous cinematography before dramatically cutting to black for the final five-seconds of the :30 spot, SeaWeb forces viewers to imagine a life without the ocean.
Public and Stakeholders Invited to National Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Workshop
The National Ocean Council invites the public and stakeholders to join its members and federal, tribal, and state representatives in a public session on coastal and marine spatial planning in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2011.
National Parks represent some of the last remaining wilderness in America. While these terrestrial parks draw a lot of attention and tourists annually, there exists a wilderness off the coast of the United States that is just as beautiful and wild and ecologically important. These are special underwater parks where unique and diverse marine ecosystems are protected by law, though the number pales in comparison to land-based parks.
SeaWeb teamed up with award-winning marine filmmaker Bob Talbot to create a Super Bowl spot that’s as shocking as it is stunning. San Francisco Bay Area residents will be treated to the full commercial during Sunday’s Super Bowl pre-game show on NBC, and the spot will also be available here and on YouTube. By opening with Talbot’s typically gorgeous cinematography before dramatically cutting to black for the final five-seconds of the :30 spot, SeaWeb forces viewers to imagine a life without the ocean.
