Dr. Thomas Armbruster, a marine biologist and physician, founded SandyHook SeaLife Foundation in 2008. ~Our vision - comprehensive public support for the protection of our endangered marine environment.  ~Our mission - to promote marine conservation through solutions-based advocacy, education, volunteerism and political action.~

      Our focus - the status of highly migratory predators (sharks, swordfish, tuna and billfish), sustainable fisheries and vital marine animal populations. 

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SandyHook SeaLife Foundation is an independent, self-funded organization and a member of Blue Frontier Campaign’s Blue Movement, a national conference of marine environmental groups, The Ocean Project, a multi-national consortium of aquariums, zoos and marine conservation organizations, The Shark Alliance International, a group of NGOs supporting shark conservation worldwide and supports The Campaign for Environmental Literacy.   

For information on SSF projects: http://sandyhooksealife.org/ssf_news

SSF invites

your support and partnership!

 Join Peter Coyote and SSF to film   

The Swordfish Hunters

(Recommended Reading by the U N Atlas of the Oceans) 

Calling film producers, writers, directors, actors, publishers and

environmental organizations!

MAKE  A  DIFFERENCE - INFLUENCE  PUBLIC  OPINION -

before all the big fish are gone!

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Dr. Sylvia Earle has challenged us to protect the ocean, the vital blue heart of the planet, through media.

In 1976 Jacques-Yves Cousteau stated "The ocean is sick, very sick...Whales now number less than 7 percent of what they did at the turn of the century. Coral is dying. The marine environment everywhere is raped and torn up. If the ocean dies, mankind will die soon after." 

Today, more than a quarter century later, the situation continues to deteriorate. In fact, studies indicate that 90% of large predatory fish are wiped out.  

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The raw imagery of this film will draw public attention to the plight of an endangered ocean. As a human experience, The Swordfish Hunters is a vivid retelling, an emotional snapshot of the fear, boredom and exhilaration of the hunt for giant fish over the deepest canyons of the North Atlantic. Interweaving biological descriptions of marine life, area history, colorful characters and nautical superstition, The Swordfish Hunters is a humorous mix of maritime adventure.  

But The Swordfish Hunters is also a serious look at the the reasons we need to care - the young fish caught before they can reproduce, the tons of floating garbage, the thousands of dolphins, birds, turtles and non-targeted fish that die in the name of fishing - in short, our human impact on the ocean. Thomas Armbruster's voice for marine conservation highlights the terrible waste of by-catch, deadly plastic gyres, deeply polluted waters and declining fisheries.    

But there is hope. Embedding conservation messages throughout this adventure, the author inspires us by offering simple ways each of us can bring about sea change. We must all take responsibility, no matter how small, to protect and improve what has become a shattered marine ecosystem while there's still time.  

Manuscript Reviews: http://sandyhooksealife.org/the_swordfish_hunters    

SSF seeks partnerships with organizations and individuals to get this story to the public. We invite you to help us create real sea change before it's too late - before all the big fish are gone!  

shslfoundation@aol.com

Art work and photos courtesy of

Thomas Armbruster, MD 

Catherine M. Armbruster and Kyle Murdoch