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Ocean Alliance, Inc., a 501(c)3 organization, was founded in 1971 by biologist Roger Payne. Led by Dr. Payne and Chief Executive Officer Iain Kerr, Ocean Alliance collects a broad spectrum of data on whales and ocean life relating particularly to toxicology, behavior, bioacoustics, and genetics. From that data we work with our scientific partners to advise educators and policy makers on wise stewardship of the oceans to: reduce pollution, prevent the collapse of marine mammal populations, maintain human access to fish and other sea life, and benefit ocean and human health.
"Nobody did worse than he who did nothing for fear he could only do a little." - Edmund Burke
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NEWS-
Bad News from the Blubber
GLOUCESTER, Mass., February 15, 2008 It's Living on Earth. I'm Steve Curwood. Gloucester Harbor—north of Boston—is perhaps best known as a fishing port. It's also where the 93-foot ketch "Odyssey" is docked. The Odyssey is a unique research vessel. It's designed to study the behavior and biology of the world's largest and longest-lived mammals: whales . . .
Read the full transcript at National Public Radio's Living On Earth Website
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Irishdolphins International Conference in Support of Interactive Dolphins
DINGLE, County Kerry, Ireland, May 12 - 14, 2008 Share the experience, explore the positives, connect and communicate. Irishdolphins is holding it's International Conference in Support of Interactive Dolphins May 12th thru the 14th. This conference is an excellent opportunity to share experiences and insights into dolphin-human interactions, to explore the positive aspects of dolphin-human interactions, to create connections and encourage communication within our community, visit www.irishdolphins.com/conference/
Learn more about the Irishdolphins Conference
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52nd Annual Chevron Conservation Awards Honors Iain Kerr of Acton, Massachusetts for Work to Improve Ocean Environment.
SAN RAMON, Calif., October 6, 2006 Iain Kerr has spent his life reversing the tide of pollution in the world's oceans. For his efforts to improve humanity¹s understanding of the threats facing whales and their ocean environment, Kerr was named one of six winners of the 52nd annual Chevron Conservation Awards.
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Open Letter to the Youth of Japan From Roger Payne, PhD
At the 2005 & 2006 IWC meeting's Japan announced that it will add Humpback whales to its list of target hunted species.
Although there is a zero quota in place for commercial whaling, Japan is doing what it claims to be "Scientific Whaling".
Here's how it works: the International
Whaling Commission allows
nations to issue permits to its scientists to kill
whales for research purposes. So Japan simply changed the name of what it was
doing from 'Commercial Whaling' to 'Scientific Whaling' and the world now has to stand by helplessly, watching Japan kill whales for what is, as the
Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission has pointed out repeatedly, a commercial hunt, not science.
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Dr. Roger Payne
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Ocean Alliance founder and president, Dr. Roger Payne has written
an open letter to the youth of Japan
and has put one of his famous recordings of
Humpback whale song on our Voyage of the Odyssey website for anyone to download for free.
Roger Payne -
"I am a biologist who has spent his life studying
whales. Back in the 1960s, a colleague,
Scott McVay, and I discovered that the long, hauntingly beautiful, uninterrupted streams of sounds that
humpback whales make (sometimes for hours at a time) are actually rhythmic, repeated, patterns of sound, and that means
that they are, properly speaking, songs . . .
I have recorded humpback whales all over the world, and in doing so have found that every ocean
basin has a unique song that all the humpback whales that live there sing. The most beautiful songs
I ever heard came from humpback whales around Bermuda. A Bermudian friend of mine, Frank Watlington, made some of the best recordings.
Later, I also recorded some lovely songs during the springs of the late 1960s. The whales were passing Bermuda as they migrated between
Caribbean breeding grounds and feeding grounds much further to the north — singing as they went. "
Read the open letter from Dr. Roger Payne
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Plastic Pollution is an increasing problem for our oceans.
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10 Things You Can Do to Save the Oceans.
There are many things people can do in their daily life to help our oceans -
recycle used motor oil, don't throw heavy metals down the drain, be careful what you flush down the toilet and educated yourself about
your household cleaners. These are some of the simple things recommended by Lisa Harrow - author of the book "What Can I Do?".
Click here for more information
Pacific Life Foundation Presents Ocean Alliance with Walter B. Gerken Community Service Award
Ocean Alliance President Dr. Roger Payne, CEO Iain Kerr, and Board Co-Chairman Jeff Kunz were presented the 11th Annual Walter B. Gerken
Community Service Award by the Pacific Life Foundation this afternoon at a reception held at Pacific Life's headquarters in Newport Beach, CA.
Robert Haskell, President of the Pacific Life Foundation, said, "This award stands as a commendation
to retired Pacific Life Chairman and CEO Walter B. Gerken and to the spirit of community involvement
established by his predecessors and perpetuated by his successors. Mr. Gerken is a man intensely devoted
to the betterment of society and a big supporter of those who share that devotion. We are proud to acknowledge
Ocean Alliance as an organization that shares his heartfelt commitment."
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SeaChange:
Reversing the Tide & WHAT CAN I DO? By Lisa Harrow
Concern for the health of our planet led award-winning actress Lisa Harrow and her husband, Ocean Alliance founder and President Roger Payne, to create the performance piece
SeaChange: Reversing the Tide. But Lisa and Roger found that, following performances of their show, audience members frequently wanted to know: What can I do to help?
What can we all do to stop the destructive impact of our current way of life?
What Can I Do? is Lisa's response, a guidebook on how to take action.
The book is written as "An Alphabet for Living," providing readers with an extensive
annotated list of Web sites where anyone can begin to explore the practices of sustainable living.
Buy the book online - http://chelseagreen.com/2004/items/whatcanido
Visit the What Can I Do? website - a program of the Ocean Alliance - http://www.whatcanidousa.org
Do you need to contact the OCEAN ALLIANCE?
Click here for more information or call us at 1-800-96WHALE
(1-800-969-4253).
Ocean Alliance is a donor
driven, non-profit organization. We need your help to ensure
continual funding for our vital research and education. Donate now online through Network for Good.
VISIT THE WHALE SHOP
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Membership Drive
Please take the time to join Ocean Alliance.
Ocean Alliance depends on support from individuals to allow us to continue our essential research, education and conservation of whales and their ocean environment. By supporting our work today, you contribution will help us:
- Continue the Voyage of the Odyssey
- Continue to produce world-class research
- Educate students and adults all around the world about the health of the oceans
- Present our findings to politicians, scientists and individuals to help promote sustainable environmental laws and healthy conservation policies that preserve our natural world.
No contribution is too small and helps us accomplish all this and more.
A $25 membership gets:
- A 10% discount on
Ocean Alliance gifts, t-shirts, cards and more.
- Newsletters updating you on the Odyssey's adventures.
- And more!
Learn more about how to donate now by clicking here.
Voyage of the Odyssey
The Voyage of the Odyssey
is now a part of PBS Online. During the entire five year
Voyage
of the Odyssey, we will post daily Odyssey crew reports
from the bridge along with photos,
film clips and our data on whale sightings utilizing our new
satellite dish.
We will continue to broadcast Dr. Roger Payne's "Voice
from the Sea"
where he will share his thoughts on the
progress of the voyage and its implications for science and
life on earth. Look through past archived material on our
site, or view the latest at http://www.pbs.org/odyssey
on PBS Online.
"The Voyage
of the Odyssey will take the world with it via the Internet
so that everyone gets to share in the adventure and learn new
things about the seas at the same moment we are learning about
them."
Dr. Roger Payne
"The enviromental
crisis we face, provides us with the most singular opportunity
for greatness ever offered to any generation in any civilization."
Dr. Roger Payne
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