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PLUS Victories to stop offshore drilling, protect coral reefs and more. Protecting the World’s Oceans

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS OCEAN COUNCIL Dr. Kristian Parker, Chair Susan Rockefeller, Chair James Sandler, Julie Tauber McMahon, Vice Chair Vice Chair Dr. Andrew Bevacqua 10 109 12 Carolyn Marks Blackwood One of Chile's marine Simon Sidamon-Eristoff, Angela Kinsey and Ted Danson’s biodiversity hotspots Will Patagonia Secretary Pierce Brosnan Rachael Harris first book has been saved from a withstand pressure Treasurer Deborah Buck learn about Valarie Whiting, takes on his proposed power plant. from the salmon farming Keith Addis, President Barbara and Bertram Cohn commitment to sea turtles in a trip industry in Chile? to Mexico Herbert M. Bedolfe III Ann Colley the oceans. Oceana is working to with Oceana. protect this rare place. Ted Danson Dan and Beth Cort Sydney Davis Andrew and Sydney Davis César Gaviria Michael Dershewitz © OCEANA | Tim Calver © OCEANA | Eduardo Sorensen María Eugenia Girón Barbara Ettinger and Sven Huseby Stephen P. McAllister Christina Falco and Michael Frumkin Michael Northrop Benjamin Goldsmith Daniel Pauly SPRING 2011 contents Susan Rockefeller Lea Haratani Heather Stevens Julie Hill Sam Waterston Hardy Jones 12 To Save The Oceans Features Departments

J. Stephen and Angela Kilcullen OCEANA Larry Kopald Ted Danson starts with the childhood 10 Beneath Still Waters 1 CEO’s Note Chief Executive Officer Eve Kornyei dream that inspired his lifelong Andy Sharpless on the good news about ocean conservation. Gorgeous, still Patagonia is under Andrew Sharpless Willa and Ted Lutz commitment to ocean conservation in Vanessa Noel threat from the salmon farming 2 making Waves Executive Vice President an excerpt from his first book, “Oceana: & General Counsel Aaron Peirsol industry. Emily Fisher reports The latest campaign victories from Oceana’s international team. James Simon Nicole Polizois Our Endangered Oceans and What from the frontier. Senior Vice President, Linus Roache We Can Do to Save Them.” 4 news & Notes North American Oceans Lois Robbins Oceana’s newest board member, new offices and more. & Chief Scientist Anne Alexander Rowley 6 Two Funny Ladies On Board Michael Hirshfield, Ph.D. Ruthie Russ 5 Q & A For Sea Turtles Vice President, Mark Ryavec Mark Kurlansky introduces conservation to kids with his new book. European Oceans and Seas Starr Scott Xavier Pastor Kelly T. Smith Comedians Angela Kinsey and Oceana is published by Oceana Inc. For questions or comments about 14 Events Vice President, South American Victoria Stack Oceana, or to subscribe to Oceana, please call Oceana’s membership Rachael Harris join Oceana in a Ted Danson’s book launch party and other events in support of Oceana. Oceans & Antarctica Danielle Steakley department at +1.202.833.3900, e-mail [email protected] campaign to save endangered or write Oceana, Member Services, 1350 Ave. NW, Alex Muñoz Peter Stranger 5th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036, USA. sea turtles from fishing gear 17 donor Profile Vice President, Belize Danielle Thomas and habitat loss. Maureen Case is a longtime champion of saving the oceans. Audrey Matura-Shepherd Susan Trees Oceana’s Privacy Policy Your right to privacy is important to Oceana, Vice President, Strategic Annett Wolf and we are committed to maintaining your trust. Personal information (such as name, address, phone number, e-mail) includes data that you 18 Chef’s Corner Marketing & Communications Nicole Woody may have provided to us when making a donation or taking action as South Carolina’s Sean Brock brings a locavore approach to seafood. Matthew Littlejohn a Wavemaker on behalf of the oceans. This personal information is Vice President, Global EDITORIAL STAFF stored in a secure location. For our full privacy policy, please visit Development Editorial Director Oceana.org/privacypolicy. 20 parting Shot Suzannah Evans On the Cover Bettina Alonso Caribbean reef sharks. Online Editor Please recycle. Director, Pacific Oceana board member Emily Fisher Susan Murray Ted Danson Graphic Design Printed with Eco-Ink — low volatility vegetable oil-based ink on 25% post-consumer recycled, processed chlorine free paper © Kate Danson Heather Ryan produced using 100% wind power in a carbon neutral process.

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The good news on ocean conservation? It’s an achievable goal.

Scientific indicators of ocean health point those for many other industries) can be set in this issue of our magazine. With your in the wrong direction. The annual global by the World Trade Organization (WTO). continued support, we will continue to catch of wild fish has been declining since The United States, Australia, New Zealand, deliver good news to you and the oceans. the late , after steadily rising through Norway and other countries are right now all prior human history. Three-quarters of all pressing the WTO to establish rules that will Sincerely, commercial fisheries are overfished or fully eliminate the subsidies that drive overfishing. fished, according to the United Nation’s FAO. And counts of the biggest marine fish Ten years ago, a small group of people met species – the marlins, tunas, sharks and to consider a bold proposal. These people Andrew Sharpless the like – show that their populations are at knew what was happening to the oceans, CEO 10 percent of their levels just fifty years ago. and they knew that the most effective lever Oceana to save the ocean was rapid policy action. This astonishing decline in a food source They were so frustrated that they decided to vital to a billion people is caused by overly create a new NGO whose only job would be aggressive industrial-scale fishing. to deliver policy change that would restore and protect abundant oceans. Oceana is The good news is that this is a fixable that organization. problem. Coastal states set the rules for commercial fishing off their shores, all The good news is that our founders’ vision Give Today the way out to 231 statute miles. If these has delivered results. Today, thanks to the governments will simply enforce scientific support of Oceana supporters like you, Oceana’s accomplishments wouldn’t be quotas, protect nursery habitat and we have a record of more than two dozen reduce bycatch, their oceans will rapidly important policy victories that are helping possible without the support of its members. return to abundance. The simple point to restore abundant oceans. One of our Oceana is grateful for the grants, contributions, You can help Oceana fight to restore our is that huge parts of the ocean can be longstanding trustees is Ted Danson, the and support it has received from dozens of restored and protected by national action. gifted television and film actor. Ted’s pride foundations and companies and thousands of oceans with your financial contribution. in what we are accomplishing is captured individuals. Oceana wishes to thank all of its The overfishing that drives ocean depletion in a book he has written which has just supporters, especially its founding funders as well as foundations and individuals that in is also funded by taxpayer subsidies. been published by Rodale. His book’s title 2010 awarded Oceana grants totaling at least These payments to commercial fishing is “Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and Call us today at 1.877.7.OCEANA, visit www.oceana.org/give or use the envelope provided $500,000: Arcadia Fund, Gordon and Betty fleets (mostly in Europe and Asia) allow What We Can Do to Save Them.” Moore Foundation, Oak Foundation, The David in this magazine to make a donation. Please contact us if you are interested in planned them to keep fishing at levels that are not and Lucile Packard Foundation, Robertson giving that could support Oceana’s work and also provide you with income and potential tax commercially or ecologically sustainable. Thank you for your generous support Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Sandler Foundation, Zennström Philanthropies benefits. Oceana is a 501(c)(3) organization and contributions are tax deductible. of Oceana. We win ocean protections and Ricardo Cisneros. For more information, The good news is that this also is a fixable because you make it possible. I hope you please see Oceana’s annual reports at problem. Limits on fishing subsidies (like are pleased with the good news reported www.oceana.org/annualreport.

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4 | SPRING 2011 OCEANA.ORG | 1 © OCEANA | Tim Calver Making Waves MAKING WAVES

Thousands Of Miles Of U.S. Ocean Protected From Offshore Drilling Second Power Plant Defeated in Chile

In the aftermath of last summer’s oil spill in the in February: Shell Oil announced it would in the region capable of carrying out an For the second time in less than a year, power plant in the same region in a mercury emissions from the plants would Gulf of Mexico, Oceana scored two significant cancel its 2011 plans to drill exploratory wells effective response plan, in addition to a lack Oceana helped defeat a coal-fired power campaign which galvanized the Chilean contaminate fish and mollusks like the victories in the fight against offshore drilling. offshore in Alaska due to continued uncertainty of basic scientific information about the plant on the coast of northern Chile that environmental movement and saw thousands Chilean abalone, damaging a crucial over whether it would receive federal permits. ocean ecosystem. would have threatened marine reserves of citizens peacefully protesting the plant. local economy. In December, Secretary of the Interior Ken Shell had hoped to drill exploratory wells in home to 80 percent of the world’s Humboldt Salazar announced that in the Obama the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Oceana has Oceana has been working for many years penguins as well as bottlenose dolphins, blue The power plants threatened the marine Oceana is now calling on the Chilean Administration’s new drilling plan, no new been instrumental in monitoring the permitting to end dirty and dangerous offshore drilling, whales and numerous other marine animals. reserves with their emissions, which would government to speed up the designation offshore drilling would be allowed in the process in the Arctic and holding policymakers and these victories are an important step have been released upstream from the of a marine protected area in La Higuera eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic accountable for upholding the law. in the right direction towards protecting In March, the CAP Company in Chile reserves. The plants would have used and Chañaral Island in northern Chile and and Pacific coasts. our oceans from another spill, and moving withdrew its plans to construct the the area’s seawater to cool the plant, to promote renewable energy sources to There is currently no proven method of towards cleaner and safer alternative 300-megawatt Cruz Grande power plant discharging it back into the ocean at higher gradually replace coal-fired power plants. The Arctic was not protected by Salazar’s cleaning up an oil spill in Arctic conditions. sources of energy, such as offshore wind. after pressure from Oceana and its allies. temperatures. Oil spills from ships carrying announcement, but there was good news There are no trained personnel or equipment coal to the plants would seep there in a In late 2010, Oceana was a leader in the few hours, and the local currents would Olin Corporation Phases Out Mercury Use effort to stop the construction of another retain the pollution within the area. Also,

In a decisive victory against mercury pollution, and three others had agreed to convert the United States. Built in 1962, the Olin Corporation announced plans to phase to mercury-free technology. With Olin’s factory pollutes the nearby Hiwassee 16.1 Million Square Miles of Sensitive Habitat out the use of mercury in its chlor-alkali announcement, there are now only two River with mercury. manufacturing process in its Charleston, Tenn. remaining plants using mercury – Ashta Protected in the Pacific facility by the end of 2012. The company Chemicals in Ashtabula, Ohio and PPG Mercury released to the environment from After years of work by Oceana and allies, also said it would discontinue chlor-alkali Industries in Natrium, W.Va. These remaining these plants ultimately ends up in the Canada, Japan, Russia, China, Korea and an international delegation agreed in manufacturing at its Augusta, Ga. plant. plants are the smallest emitters of the original oceans, where it accumulates in fish and Taiwan acted on a commitment they made March to conservation measures that nine. One of them is already 75 percent wildlife. Animals higher on the food at the United Nations General Assembly to will protect more than 16.1 million square Oceana has been working since 2005 to mercury free. hain – such as tuna and swordfish – enact these interim conservation measures miles of seafloor habitat from bottom convince mercury-based chlorine plants to carry the most mercury. People can to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems trawling in the north Pacific Ocean. The convert to clean, updated technology. During Olin’s Tennessee facility, on the other hand, experience health effects, such as delayed in international waters. delegation adopted Oceana’s “freeze the campaign, two factories have closed is the largest mercury-based factory left in neurological development in children. the footprint” approach to prevent The conservation measures, which take the expansion of bottom trawling into effect immediately, halt the expansion of U.S. Congress Passes Shark Finning Ban untouched areas and to protect bottom trawling and other bottom fishing seamounts, corals and other vulnerable gear, and require an assessment of the marine ecosystems. long-term sustainability of fish stocks, as In a culmination of years of work by Oceana take action against countries whose shark well as a determination that fishing would and our allies, Congress ended shark finning protections are weaker. Bottom trawls are massive weighted nets not have significant effects on sensitive in U.S. waters with the passage of the that drag along the ocean floor, destroying habitats as a condition to allow fishing Shark Conservation Act in December, which Each year, commercial fishing gear kills more anything in their path, including ancient into new areas. requires sharks to be landed with their fins than 100 million sharks worldwide – including corals and fields of sea sponges. Nets naturally attached. tens of millions for just their fins. can be 200 feet wide and 40 feet high, These interim conservation measures will weighing as much as 1,000 pounds and be in place while the new North Pacific Shark finning is the brutal practice of slicing Sharks have been swimming the world’s reaching depths of more than 5,000 feet. Fisheries Commission is established, off a shark’s fins and throwing the shark, often oceans for more than 400 million years. which will then oversee the sustainable still alive, back in to the water to die. Demand As apex predators, they play a vital role in Oceana, the Natural Resources Defense management of bottom fisheries and other for fins for use in shark fin soup, an Asian maintaining the health of ocean ecosystems. Council and the Deep Sea Conservation fisheries (squid and saury) on the high delicacy, drives this practice. But due to their slow growth rate and low Coalition have been working together seas of the north Pacific Ocean. level of reproduction, sharks are especially Ancient coral reef ecosystems are protected by to advance these habitat protections. The Shark Conservation Act improves the vulnerable to pressure from human exploitation. the unprecedented international decision. Image: © OCEANA Participating nations, including the U.S., Tens of millions of sharks are killed for their fins existing law originally intended to prevent Some shark populations have declined to less each year. Image: © OCEANA | LX shark finning, and it also allows the U.S. to than 10 percent of their historic levels.

2 | SPRING 2011 OCEANA.ORG | 3 news & notes Q & A

Oceana welcomed Susan Rockefeller as its newest board member. A filmmaker Mark Kurlansky and author, Rockefeller is a longtime supporter, having chaired the Ocean Council and hosted numerous events for Oceana. She also created an ocean-inspired 1 Mark Kurlansky’s1997 international bestseller “Cod: A Biography jewelry line which benefits Oceana. of the Fish That Changed the World” is a seminal work of non-fiction about overfishing. Since Cod, Kurlansky has written books on topics ranging from baseball to the Basque country, but In January, the U.S. government released a report from he continues coming back to the one dear to his heart: fish. the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. The Commission concluded that last summer’s Gulf of His newest book, “The World Without Fish: How Kids Can Help Mexico disaster was not an isolated incident, and that 2 Save the Oceans,” explains the current crisis in the oceans in easy- it was the result of systematic failure within the oil industry and government regulators. The Commission to-digest language and graphics, and outlines how kids can help. stopped short of recommending removing the liability cap for the oil industry in the case of another disaster. Kurlansky spoke with Oceana’s online editor Emily Fisher. Mark Kurlansky and his daughter Talia show off their catch. “That’s an illegal, undersized striper, but we threw it back,” he said. Courtesy photo Oceana announced the opening of its Copenhagen office in February. The office will focus on overfishing and marine protected areas in the Baltic Sea, and is funded by generous grants of $1 million from the What inspired you to write “The World that it’s not that people aren’t doing what you needed for hauling things, so 3 Arcadia Fund and€€500,000 from Zennström Philanthropies, both based in the U.K. The office is Without Fish?” anything – a lot’s being done, but they’re I worked on a lobster boat for a while, a Oceana’s third in Europe, and is led by economist Anne Schroeer. still struggling to figure out what works. 40-foot wooden-hulled boat in the open I’ve been writing about fish for I wouldn’t mind them coming away with ocean. I absolutely loved it. I loved the many years. I talk to kids about it a a little respect for fishermen and their fishermen – I thought they were quality lot and I noticed a few things. They struggles with the issue. This all can be men, I thought they were so hardworking are tremendously interested, partly turned around and if it isn’t, it will be a and honest and treated people fairly and Arcadia Fund also awarded Oceana a grant supporting core work over three years. because kids just really like fish. We’re huge disaster. they were fun. 4 The $2.5 million award is the second such grant Oceana has received from Arcadia. raising a generation with a great sense of environmental urgency; they Are you more pessimistic or optimistic want to know about these things. It’s I once asked E.O. when you think about the future a very complicated thing, much more Wilson that question - of fish? complicated than it’s often presented. how it would all work Oceana spokesman and Olympian Aaron Peirsol Consequently, kids are perplexed about As a personality type I tend to be announced his retirement from competitive swimming after what’s going on. So I thought I would out. He said that he optimistic. I once asked E.O. Wilson that winning five gold medals. Peirsol teamed up with Oceana to explain it. thought in the 10th question – how it would all work out. He 5 start the Race for the Oceans, an open-swimming event that said that he thought in the 10th round, benefits ocean conservation. Has your daughter read the book? round, just staggering just staggering and bleeding, the planet would be saved. That’s the way I see it. Yes, she has. It’s a very ambitious book and bleeding, the for kids, and I wanted to know about planet would be saved. What I try to get people to understand anything she found difficult or hard to in this book is that the history of serious The U.N. released its latest State of the Fisheries and Aquaculture report in January. The report understand. She’s my fishing buddy. fishery management is only a couple noted that the global appetite for seafood continued to grow, and that many species were still at risk We spend our summers in Gloucester I read that you worked a stint as a decades old, so it’s still experimental. I 6 of collapse due to overfishing. The average person consumed 37.7 pounds of seafood in 2008, a slight fishing for striper. commercial fishermen at one point? think they are getting better at it. It’s a increase from 37.2 pounds in 2007 that was mostly due to aquaculture. learning process, but we don’t have a What do you hope kids (and adults) When I was a kid in the ‘60s, the whole lot of time to get it right. take from your book? coast of New was full of working fishing ports. You just stopped I’d like them to appreciate the off at the port and asked who needs a complexity of the issue to understand hand. I was a large strong kid, which was

4 | SPRING 2011 OCEANA.ORG | 5 ‘I don’t want to take a boat full of tourists, and instead of seeing a beautiful waterfall or a colony of sea lions, they’ll see a salmon farm.’ - A touring boat crewmember in Patagonia

The fish meal is made from wild stocks of brief stint for that very operation. He said anchoveta, sardines and mackerel off the it would be his first and last time working coast of Chile and Peru. As a result, some in salmon aquaculture. of these stocks are now overexploited, still waters It’s not a stable source of employment, which reverberates throughout the entire ocean food chain and has resulted in he said, and he didn’t like the way the in patagonia less fish and jobs for Chile’s artisanal workers were treated. “With ISA, you fishing industry. don’t know if you’re going to be without work,” he said. During the ISA outbreak Don Teobaldo Ruiz is the president of the in 2007, thousands of workers were laid Chamber of Tourism in Puerto Natales, off in Chile’s Los Lagos region. Chile, the gateway to Torres del Paine National Park and many of Patagonia’s As a result, he prefers to work in tourism, still waters in Patagonia natural wonders. He said he is extremely though he said he’s now concerned Hundreds of potential new salmon farms could spoil the waters concerned about the effects of salmon about its future. “I don’t want to take a beneathand growing tourism industry of southern Chilean Patagonia. aquaculture on his region’s environmental boat full of tourists, and instead of seeing a beautiful waterfall, or a colony of sea by Emily Fisher and economic health. lions, they’ll see a salmon farm. To me “We in the tourism industry simply ask that that’s not tourism, that’s not nature.” they don’t affect the places that are important for tourism development, which in reality, is On a chilly and overcast bout with infectious salmon anemia (ISA), are the most ecologically sensitive and practically all of Magallanes,” he said. OCEANA’S CAMPAIGN the industry is poised to start over, this important for tourism and fishing. morning in southern time in the unspoiled waters of southern On my last day in Patagonia, I joined a Oceana has been working to improve Chilean Patagonia Patagonia. More than 1,500 permits have Should even a fraction of the requested group of tourists on a boat cruise into one the sanitary and environmental standards been requested for new salmon farms farms move in, the effects on Patagonia’s of Chile’s most picturesque waterways. of the salmon aquaculture industry last November, I found in Chilean Patagonia’s southern region marine environment could be deadly. We glided into the dramatically-named in Chile for years, and has made myself in an inflatable of Magallanes in the coming year, which According to 2009 data from the Seno Ultima Esperanza (“Last Hope significant progress, helping to pass new has tourism officials, fishermen and Yendegaya Foundation, a salmon farm Sound”), so-called because its European regulations to prevent salmon escapes Zodiac, hoping to catch a glimpse of a conservationists on edge. with approximately 3.5 million fish releases discoverers were nearly dead when they and limit the use of antibiotics. salmon farm. But my local guide, Fernando, the same amount of waste as the sewage finally found it, searching for the western was more accustomed to spotting wildlife. The region hosts some of Patagonia’s most from a city of about 169,000 people. The entrance to the Strait of Magellan. Together with representatives from the He quieted the boat’s motor, smiled and emblematic natural features, including untreated fish waste settles in the sea tourism and artisanal fishing industries, pointed to a pod of southern dolphins. Torres del Paine National Park, one of bed, creating dead zones devoid of life. We stopped at a cormorant colony, which Oceana has been working to exclude Chile’s biggest tourist draws. Chile has one from distance was a massive rock face specific areas of the southern Patagonian Eventually we found our way to Caleta of the largest fjord systems in the world, a Also, the fish don’t stay put. At least 10 covered in tiny black specks. Upon closer region of Magallanes from salmon Délano, a salmon farm whose drab labyrinth of channels and islands snaking million farmed salmon escape from their inspection, the specks were hundreds of farming that are the most ecologically structures and buoys contrasted with the more than 900 miles toward Antarctica. pens in Chile each year. The non-native the black and white sea birds, breeding and sensitive and important for tourism and backdrop of magnificent snow-covered The area is home to blue whales, predator competes with wild fish for nesting for the summer. At the next stop we fishing. As of this magazine’s printing, peaks. From where we sat, the farm gave Magellanic penguins and many species of food, jeopardizing native populations and spotted a colony of curious sea lions, and three important tourist routes in the off no harsh odor, no noise pollution, and endemic corals, among other wildlife. spreading disease. And to treat disease, soaring above them, several condors. region were protected under new zoning the salmon themselves were hidden from the salmon are given antibiotics, some of regulations, and Oceana’s campaign will view underwater. The whole operation was This spring will be a crucial time which aren’t approved for use in livestock in But we also passed by a site that wasn’t now work to enforce the new rules. remarkably tranquil, in fact. in the battle to prevent a farmed the U.S. – despite the fact that much of the printed on our itinerary: the salmon salmon invasion in Patagonia. In April, fish is headed there. farm Bahia Perales. The ISA virus had Oceana has also been working to But beneath its benign appearance lay a the waterfront zoning process for been detected in this farm just a few establish a marine protected area whole slew of environmental impacts: nutrient Magallanes is scheduled for completion. And since salmon are carnivores, farming weeks earlier, and the company, Salmon around a pristine area of Patagonia Top: Seabirds are common in Patagonia. Middle: A salmon farm. and chemical pollution, salmon escapes and Representatives from the tourism, them is unsustainable by definition. In Magallanes, was ordered to either harvest called Tortel, and we have completed Bottom: A still-untouched area. Images: © OCEANA | Emily Fisher overuse of antibiotics, to name a few. artisanal fishing and conservation sectors, Chile, it takes more than eight pounds of or dispose of the fish. I asked one of the several expeditions to the area, Three years after the Chilean salmon including Oceana, are working to exclude fish meal to produce one pound of salmon, boat’s crewmembers about the fish farm capturing underwater photos and video farming industry was devastated by a specific areas from salmon farming that resulting, ironically, in a net loss of protein. and it turned out that he had worked a of the area’s rich biodiversity.

6 | SPRING 2011 OCEANA.ORG | 7 Serious About Sea Turtles Comedians Rachael Harris and Angela Kinsey tackle a not-so-funny subject – saving sea turtles from extinction.

ngela Kinsey and when she’s old enough to go snorkeling Oceana: I’m noticing a couple new Rachael Harris are two of and to see them. scratches, what are those from? America’s most versatile funny ladies – Angela Rachael: It’s a slippery slope that we’re Angela: I was trying to get out of the water, is best known as an polluting our oceans so much, the things I don’t know, I was trying to look sexy or uptightA accountant on “The Office,” and that we’re doing as humans are impacting something. Rachael’s long list of roles includes a living creature, bringing it to extinction. “The Hangover.” You know, we can a) save the ocean and Rachael: We were trying to look like Halle b) save these animals that are living in the Berry, for God’s sake. Now the two comedians, who are close ocean. I think that’s really powerful, to be friends, have taken on a new role as a part of something, and to realize we’re Angela: Because you know what? We love ambassadors for Oceana’s campaign lending our voice to bring awareness to to look like Halle Berry. She’s like the most to save sea turtles. The pair traveled this. It felt great. When you see the turtles, beautiful woman ever. And I fell! I fell, ok? to Mexico with Oceana to learn about you want to protect them. You have an the challenges facing endangered sea emotional response to it. Rachael: That was the coral reef’s way of turtles and to film a PSA campaign. saying, “Don’t do that.” Oceana marine scientist Elizabeth Angela: You do. The thought that they Wilson accompanied the comedians, wouldn’t be here anymore is just so tragic, Angela: Yeah. Don’t try and be Halle and asked them about the experience. it’s so unnecessary, especially if there’s Berry, lady. things that we can do to help and hopefully Oceana: What was it like to swim with the Oceana can bring awareness to that. Rachael: So thanks, you guys. Thanks sea turtles for the first time? Oceana for bringing us down here. Angela: Yes. Rachael: It was great. It was really beautiful. Angela: Thank you! Rachael: And they’re adorable. Angela: They’re majestic when you’re in To join Rachael and Angela in the water with them. It hits you that they’ve Angela: They are. They’re really sweet. the fight to save sea turtles, and been here since the dinosaurs were here, to see photos and video – including and I felt very small in the world in that Angela: We had a great time. And exclusive behind-the-scenes moment. It was very powerful for me. I have everything did go as expected. I mean, I footage – from their trip, visit a daughter and I want these animals here think I did drink a liter of salt water. www.oceana.org/turtlesoffthehook.

Images: © OCEANA | Tim Calver

8 | SPRING 2011 OCEANA.ORG | 9 Preface ix Preface ix

Now, clearly this dream represents your basic, run-of-the-mill messi- Now, clearly this dream represents your basic, run-of-the-mill messi- ah complex, not uncommon among us actor types. But if you’re in the mood ah complex, not uncommon among us actor types. But if you’re in the mood to grant me a littleyou could poetic say license, this was you the couldawakening say this of my was concern the awakening for our world’s of oceans. And if so, then to grant me a little poetic license, you could say this was the awakening of my concern forwhile our world’sI’ve spent oceans. the past And twenty-five if so, then years while actively I’ve spent working the paston the various issues facing my concern for our world’s oceans. And if so, then while I’ve spent the past twenty-five yearsour oceans,actively if working you count on the the scary various dream, issues my concern facing our for theoceans, seas has actually been stirring twenty-five years actively working on the various issues facing our oceans, From ACTOR to ACTIVIST inside me for more than a half century—for almost my entire life. if you count the scary dream, my concern for the seas has actually been stir- if you count the scary dream, my concern for the seas has actually been stir- In March, Oceana board member Ted ring inside me for more than a half century—for almost my entire life. ring inside me for more than a half century—for almost my entire life. I grew up about as far away from the ocean as you can get—first in the hills outside Tucson, Danson released his first book. Co-written , then among the Ponderosa pines of the northern part of that state, just outside with journalist Michael D’Orso and published By the way,of Flagstaff. around the time I had that dream, there were this many By the way, around the time I had that dream, there were this many by Rodale, “Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans of the “big fish”—the lions and tigers of the sea—in the ocean: of the “big fish”—the lions and tigers of the sea—in the ocean: and What We Can Do to Save Them” is an My father was an archaeologist and later became the director of the Museum and Research Center of Northern Arizona. Our home, just an hour south of the Grand Canyon, insightful and comprehensive look at our was routinelySH visiteda r K byS some of the world’s leading scientists in the fields of geology, SHa r K S oceans – and how to protect them for future generations. paleontology,BLUe f I Nanthropology, TUNa and, of course, archaeology. BLUe f I N TUNa Laguna Beach, 1953—two years before the very scary dream Laguna Beach, 1953—two years before the very scary dream S WOr D f I SH S WOr D f I SH Danson is well known as a versatile film and television actor, but few My mother was very involved in our church and led a spiritual life, not just inside that people know how he became an ocean activist. In this excerpt from the Episcopal chapelM a butr L INout in the foothills and forests that surrounded our home. She loved M a r L IN nothing more than going out for a walk. She took us—me and my sister—with her all the time, book, he explains the origins of his passion for ocean conservation. KING Ma c K e reL KING Ma c K e reL and when you went for a walk with my mother, you better not be in a hurry. Because she took in everything, she saw beauty everywhere, and she always stopped to relish it. Fifty-five years later, as I’m writing this preface, only this many remain: Fifty-five years later, as I’m writing this preface, only this many remain: preface The more you look, the morepreface you see. That’s something my mom taught me. She was the great appreciator. My father was much more the scientist— studying things, dissecting them, SHa r K S SHa r K S taking them apart, sorting them out, putting them back together, understanding what I woke up scream I n g. It was late—two or three in the madeBLU theme f tick.I N TUNaI woke up scream I n g. It was late—two or three in the BLUe f I N TUNa I WOKE UP SCREAMING. It was late—two or three in the morning. The morning. The whole house was asleep, and I could hear the sound of surf S WOr D f I SHmorning. 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Clutching my stomach, my faceClutching a mask of my pain stomach, and confusion, my face I stumbleda mask of pain and confusion, I stum- Clutching my stomach, my face a mask of pain and confusion, I stum- into my parents’ bedroom. My mom and dadbled rushed into myme parents’into the bathroom, bedroom. splashed My mom water and dad rushed me into the bath- I grew upI about strongly as farbelieve away that from bledscience the into ocean and my spirituality parents’as you can bedroom. go get—first hand in My hand, in mom the and and any dad conversation rushed me we into the bath- I grew up about as far away from the ocean as you can get—first in the on my face, and did their best to calm me down. Soon enough I was back to normal, a sleepy, have about the environment has to take both into account. Unless all our actions to save the room, splashed water on my face, and did their best to calm me down. hills outside Tucson, Arizona, thenroom, among splashed the water Ponderosa on my pines face, and of the did their best toPreface calm me ix down. hills outside Tucson, Arizona, then among the Ponderosa pines of the exhausted kid who just wanted to go back to bed. Everything was fine. oceans are based on science, we will end up doing more Soon enough I was back to normal, a sleepy, exhausted kid who just northern part of that state, just outside ofSoon Flagstaff. enough I was back to normal, a sleepy, exhausted kid who just northern part of that state, just outside of Flagstaff. harm than good. And unlessNow, we clearly acknowledge this dream represents our spiritual your basic, run-of-the-mill messi- wanted to go back to bed. Everything was fine. My father was an archaeologist and later became the director of the But the next night it happened again. 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God’sThe voice. same, terrible dream. south of the Grand Canyon, was routinelyThe same,visiteddoes terrible hasby somean impact dream. of the on somebodyworld’stwenty-five years else—we actively working may never on the various rise issues facing our oceans, south of the Grand Canyon, was routinely visited by some of the world’s “Ted,” it says. And here’s how it went: leading scientists in the fields of geology,And paleontology, here’sabove how our it self-interestsanthropology, went: if in you and,order count the to scary gather dream, the my concerncollective for the seas has actually been stir- leading scientists in the fields of geology, paleontology, anthropology, and, ring inside me for more than a half century—for almost my entire life. I’m sitting on a beach, the middle of a glorious day, and a voice speaks of course, archaeology. I’m sittingforces on we a beach, need to the face middle the environmental of a glorious challenges day, and athat voice speaks of course, archaeology. A bucket appears in the sand beside me. now surround us. By the way, around the time I had that dream, there were this many to me out of the clear blue sky. God’s voice. My mother was very involved in our church and led a spiritual life, not to me out of the clear blue sky. God’s voice. My mother was very involved in our church and led a spiritual life, notof the “big fish”—the lions and tigers of the sea—in the ocean: “Ted,” it says. “Ted,” it says. just inside that Episcopal chapel but out in the foothills and forests that And then a spoon filled with holes appears in my hand. just inside that Episcopal chapel but out in theSpeaking foothills of self-interest, and forests Ithat was pretty much consumed SHa r K S A bucket appears in the sand beside me. surrounded our home. 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outside the open windows of the little vacation beach house we had rented. M a r L IN I was soaked with sweat, terrified, not sure if I was awake or dreaming. KING Ma c K e reL I was seven years old. Clutching my stomach, my face a mask of pain and confusion, I stum- bled into my parents’ bedroom. My mom and dad rushed me into the bath- I grew up about as far away from the ocean as you can get—first in the 10 | SPRING 2011 room, splashed water on my face, and did their best to calm me down. hills outside Tucson, Arizona, then among the Ponderosa OCEANA.ORG pines of the | 11 Soon enough I was back to normal, a sleepy, exhausted kid who just northern part of that state, just outside of Flagstaff. wanted to go back to bed. Everything was fine. My father was an archaeologist and later became the director of the But the next night it happened again. And the next. And the one after that. Museum and Research Center of Northern Arizona. Our home, just an hour The same, terrible dream. south of the Grand Canyon, was routinely visited by some of the world’s And here’s how it went: leading scientists in the fields of geology, paleontology, anthropology, and, I’m sitting on a beach, the middle of a glorious day, and a voice speaks of course, archaeology. to me out of the clear blue sky. God’s voice. My mother was very involved in our church and led a spiritual life, not “Ted,” it says. just inside that Episcopal chapel but out in the foothills and forests that A bucket appears in the sand beside me. surrounded our home. She loved nothing more than going out for a walk. And then a spoon filled with holes appears in my hand. She took us—me and my sister—with her all the time, and when you went “You have one hour to empty the entire ocean into this bucket,” says for a walk with my mother, you better not be in a hurry. Because she took in the voice, “or the world will explode. And it will be your fault.” everything, she saw beauty everywhere, and she always stopped to relish it. Preface ix

Now, clearly this dream represents your basic, run-of-the-mill messi- ah complex, not uncommon among us actor types. But if you’re in the mood the grownups’ party too long. I knew that I needed to do something constructive with all that to grant me a little poetic license, you could say this was the awakening of energy before it really screwed me up. I needed to focus it on something outside of myself. my concern for our world’s oceans. And if so, then while I’ve spent the past That something, it turned out, became the oceans. twenty-five years actively working on the variousIn the issues beg facinginni ng,our oceans,i was co mpletely unaware of the complex web of forces threatening our oceans. In 1984, my family and I moved to Santa Monica Canyon, about ten blocks from the Pacific. if you count the scary dream, my concern for the seas has actually been stir- ring inside me for more than a half century—for almost my entire life. One day I was walking on the beach with my two young daughters, Kate and Alexis, and we came upon a sign that said “Beach Closed, Water Polluted.” Kate, who was 8 at the time, was By the way, around the time I had that dream, there were this many puzzled as to why—and how—a beach could be closed. Frankly, I was just as puzzled as she of the “big fish”—the lions and tigers of the sea—in the ocean: was. When she asked me for an answer, I didn’t have one. to meet many of these experts ... and to So I began looking for it. I started asking some questions myself. Not long after that, I went SHa r K S be able to help get their message out. to a neighborhood meeting that had been called in an attempt to stop Occidental Petroleum BLUe f I N TUNa from drilling 60 oil wells in the waters off Will Rogers State Beach, right there beside Santa Laguna Beach, 1953—two years before the very scary dream In 2001, American Oceans Campaign Monica and other surrounding communities. S WOr D f I SH joined forces with several other M a r L IN nonprofits to form a new global marine The meeting was organized by a lawyer named Robert Sulnick, an environmental activist organization called Oceana, the biggest who’d been involved in these kinds of fights for many years. In the beginning, I was KING Ma c K e reL international group in the world solely completely unaware of the complex web of forces threatening our oceans. I didn’t know focused on ocean issues. And I have to any more about industrial bottom trawling, habitat destruction, ocean acidification, or confess, when that merger occurred, government fishing subsidies than , the affable high school dropout turned Fifty-five years later, as I’m writing this preface, only this many remain: preface I thought, Great! Now I’ve got a back bartender, did. Speaking at the National Press Club in 2008 door, a way out. I was tired of asking my SHa r K S friends for money, frustrated trying to But I learned fast. Bob and I joined forces, ultimately stopping those wells from being raise awareness about something that seemed so basic, and not sure I was really making drilled, and becameI great woke friends inup the screamprocess. Flushed withI n success,g. It awas little late—two naïve but orfull three in the BLUe f I N TUNa a difference. morning. The whole house wasof passion,asleep, weand created I could an hear organization the sound of surf S WOr D f I SH called American Oceans Campaign. outside the open windows of the little vacation beach house we had rented. M a r ButL IN it turned out I wasn’t quite ready to throw in the towel. The new organization upped the Our focus was on coastal pollution and I was soaked with sweat, terrified, not sure if I was awake or dreaming. ante to a whole new level, pulling together such an astounding array of great, committed, maintaining the national moratorium on KING Ma c K e reL and inspiring people that I found myself happily working even more for this cause, not less. I was seven years old. offshore oil drilling. I was full of a novice’s Clutching my stomach, myenthusiasm—eager face a mask of pain to convert and confusion, people to I stum- The oceans make up 70 percent of our planet’s surface. They are a permanent gift to the bled into my parents’ bedroom.the My cause mom and and quick dad to rushed spar with me those into the bath- I grew up about as far away from the ocean as you can get—first in the future of all people—a legacy to our children, and to our children’s children. We’ve started who dared contradict me. I was quickly room, splashed water on my face, and did their best to calm me down. hills outside Tucson, Arizona, to then turn amongthe tide. the Ponderosa pines of the Soon enough I was back schooledto normal, by severala sleepy, conservative exhausted talk kid who just northern part of that state, just outside of Flagstaff. show hosts and rightfully learned wanted to go back to bed. Everything was fine. My father was an archaeologistNow let’s and finish later thebecame job. the director of the my lesson. But the next night it happened again. And the next. And the one after that. Museum and Research Center of Northern Arizona. Our home, just an hour To buy “Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them,” BOULDER, COLORADO –The On the same, way to terrible Tuscon dream.For a while, had a daily south of the Grand Canyon, was routinely visited by some of the world’s visit www.oceanabook.net. And here’s how it went: “Danson’s Countdown to Doom.” Rush leading scientists in the fields of geology, paleontology, anthropology, and, Limbaugh took me to taskI’m when sitting a rash on predictiona beach, the I made middle for the of aend glorious of the oceansday, and as wea voice speaks of course, archaeology. know them came and passed—and the oceans still looked pretty much the same ... at least to to me out of the clear blue sky. God’s voice. My mother was very involved in our church and led a spiritual life, not the untrained eye. So here’s what I learned: Stick to the science. Tell people what’s going on, turn them toward the experts“Ted,” who it says. really know what’s happening, and then let the people just inside that Episcopal chapel but out in the foothills and forests that themselves decide whatA to bucket do about appears it. Don’t in make the sandspeeches beside just me. to impress the audience with surrounded our home. She loved nothing more than going out for a walk. how much you’ve learned.And Because then a there’s spoon always filled withso much holes more appears to know, in whethermy hand. you’re She took us—me and my sister—with her all the time, and when you went just starting out, or you’ve“You been have at it one awhile. hour That’s to empty why we the need entire the experts,ocean into and wethis need bucket,” to says for a walk with my mother, you better not be in a hurry. Because she took in listen to them. Becausethe voice, they do “or know. the worldI never will let myself explode. forget And how it will lucky be I’ve your been fault.” to be able everything, she saw beauty everywhere, and she always stopped to relish it.

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New York Holiday Party for Oceana Oceana Premiere Party in Honor of Ted Danson

On December 2nd, over a hundred revelers members Danielle Steakley and Nicole On March 14th, Rodale Inc. hosted an Steenbergen and their daughters, Susan arrived at the Vanessa Noel flagship boutique and Damien Woody enjoyed cocktails and event at the rooftop lounge Le Bain in the Rockefeller, Zach Galifianakis, Calvin Klein, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan inspiring conversation. The party included Standard Hotel to celebrate the release of the Rodale family and Vanessa Noel. for a soiree hosted by Ocean Council Chair a silent auction featuring photography by Oceana board member Ted Danson’s new Susan Rockefeller and Ocean Council Gail Tobias, a cashmere shawl by Andraab, book “Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans Oceana’s Vice President of Global member Vanessa Noel. a gold and diamond bracelet courtesy of and What We Can Do to Save Them,” Development, Bettina Alonso, introduced jeweler Christopher Walling and a three and the launch of his cross-country book Ted to the guests of this very special Special guests such as Sir Thomas Moore night stay at the Vanessa Noel hotel on tour. The sunset cocktail was buzzing with evening and Ted spoke briefly about the and Thomas Gimbel and Ocean Council Nantucket. special guests Ted Danson, his wife Mary journey that led him to write the book.

From left: Sarah Langham, Sir Thomas Moore, Vanessa Noel; David Rockefeller, Thomas Gimbel, Susan Rockefeller; Damien and Nicole Woody. Images: Jon Dee Rockefeller Cocktail in Honor of Oceana

On a stormy evening in February, dozens of intrepid guests braved the icy streets of Manhattan to attend a cocktail party hosted by David Rockefeller and board member and Ocean Council Chair Susan Rockefeller at their New York home.

Special guests, including Marjorie Harris, Rory Tahari, Margie and Michael Loeb, , Almudena Fernandez, Maxwell Caulfield and Ocean Council member Lois Robbins, joined several of Oceana’s board members in support of board member Ted Danson, who entertained the crowd with an exclusive glimpse of his new book, “Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them.”

From top left: Ted Danson, Almudena Fernandez; Susan Rockefeller, Wendy Ettinger; Oceana Chairman Kristian Parker, Oceana Vice President for Global Development Bettina Alonso and Oceana Vice Chairman Jim Sandler; Rory Tahari and Oceana Board President Keith Addis. Top: Katrina Danson, Kate Danson, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Lilly Danson. Bottom left: Zach Galifianakis, Images: Jon Dee Ted Danson, Jonathan Ames. Bottom right: Summer Osterman, Ted Danson, Bettina Alonso. Images: David X Prutting

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16 | SPRING 2011 OCEANA.ORG | 17 chef’s corner PARTING SHOT

Despite their fearsome appearance, these Caribbean Sean Brock reef sharks pose little danger to humans. In fact, as top predators, their presence signals a healthy marine ecosystem. Many species of sharks are in danger of In just a few years, Sean Brock has rocketed to a top spot among extinction thanks to overfishing, particularly for their American chefs. His two restaurants in Charleston, S.C. – McCrady’s, fins. Oceana works to protect sharks around the world. For more information on how you can help sharks, the oldest restaurant in the city, and Husk, a new venture opened in visit www.oceana.org/scaredforsharks. 2010 – have helped revitalize high-end cuisine in the southeast.

A young chef and a Virginia native, Brock Marhefka of Abundant Seafood, and his especially because it’s helping the local hews closely to Southern tradition with his name appears on the menu. economy,” he said. cooking. He sources as many ingredients as possible from the South, including According to Brock, his customers love Knowledge is a key tool to promote the seafood. the fact that their seafood is just hours off locavore eating, Brock said. In addition the boat. “Knowing where your ingredients to a detailed menu, he ensures that his All Brock’s seafood is sourced through are coming from is something that people servers are well-versed in the origins of a single Charleston-based fisherman, Mark are starting to get really excited about, the food to answer any questions.

Carolina Triggerfish with Heirloom Beans, Corn and Shrimp

For the Fish: For the Peas: To Finish 4 (seven ounce) triggerfish fillets 1 cup heirloom beans, soaked in water 6 ears of corn, removed from cob Canola oil as needed and refrigerated overnight, drained the 2 tablespoons unsalted butter Juice of 1 lemon following day 1 small bunch chives, finely chopped 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 quarts stock (preferably pork, but 1 small bunch of scallions, Salt and cayenne pepper as needed chicken will work) finely chopped 1 medium onion, medium dice Preheat oven to 300 F. Add enough 1 large carrot, medium dice After removing corn from the cob, take half canola oil to cover the bottom of a 2 celery stalks, medium dice of the corn and juice; reserving the other medium saute pan. When oil is shimmering, 2 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced thin half of the corn. Take corn juice and place season the fish with salt and cayenne 1 bay leaf in a medium sized, non-reactive sauce pepper; add to pan one fillet at a time, several twigs of thyme pan; reduce on low heat. When corn juice cooking over high heat. The goal is to cook ½ chopped jalapeño becomes thickened, finish sauce by slowly the fish until golden brown on one side and stirring in unsalted butter; reserve. place on a baking sheet about 4 minutes; To Cook the Peas: reserve. Repeat process with remaining In a large stockpot, bring the stock to a In large, non-reactive sauté pan, combine 3 pieces of triggerfish. When all fish are simmer and add all ingredients. Cook for 1 cooked beans and corn. Be sure to include seared on one side, cover with the butter hour over low heat, partially covered. When a small amount of the bean cooking liquid; and a little lemon juice; hold the beans are tender, season with salt. warm thoroughly on medium heat. Finish fish on the countertop until you are with salt and pepper to taste and chives. ready to finish the dish. To plate, place beans on a large plate, lay crispy triggerfish on top and lightly drizzle fish with corn sauce. Garnish with scallions. Serves four.

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