Recommended web sites, publications, films

and other sources of marine conservation information 

BOOKS

The Swordfish Hunters  

Thomas Armbruster, MD

     Fishing the open ocean is dangerous and difficult work; in fact, commercial deep sea fishing is considered to be one of the world's deadliest jobs. And the hunt for swordfish is one of the most treacherous deep sea fishing jobs of all.

      In the summer of 1987 Thomas Armbruster, marine biology student, went to sea, a greenhorn fisherman. The Swordfish Hunters is his highly personal account of that experience — a vivid retelling, an emotional snapshot of the fear, the fatigue, and the exhilaration of the hunt for swordfish over the deepest canyons of the North Atlantic. 

    The Swordfish Hunters also explores our human impact on the ocean, past and present, suggesting that each of us must become advocates for a healthy marine environment. 

Forthcoming 

artwork courtesy of Catherine Armbruster

Also recommended:

The World is BLUE - How Our Fate and the Ocean's are One

Sylvia A. Earle, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence

Foreword by Bill McKibben

National Geographic - 2009

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 TUNA: A Love Story 

Richard Ellis

Knopf - July 2008 

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THE LAST FISH TALE: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town

Mark Kurlansky 

Riverhead Books - June 2008

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Rescue Warriors -- Riding with the U.S. Coast Guard, America's Forgotten Armed Service

David Helvarg

 St. Martin's Press - May or June 2009

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The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World and What We Eat

Charles Clover

University of California Press - March 2008

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WEBSITES

ReefHugger.net

http://www.ReefHugger.net  

BIG MARINE FISH.COM

 http://www.bigmarinefish.com

National Coalition for Marine Conservation (NCMC)

http://www.savethefish.org

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/policy.asp

Shark Research Institute (SRI)

http://www.sharks.org

Center for Ocean Solutions (COS) new

http://www.centerforoceansolutions.org

MarineBio

http://marinebio.org

Oceana

http://www.oceana.org/international-home-nao

Clean Ocean Action (COA)

http://www.cleanoceanaction.org

The Sea Around Us Project

http://www.seaaroundus.org

BlueVoice.org

http://www.bluevoice.org  

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ARTICLES

WHITE SHARK CHRONICLES 

 Thomas Armbruster, MD

Featured in May 2008 Biology Digest

To read the Introduction go to OUR PROJECTS page.

To request a copy: info@sandyhooksealife.org

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FILMS

The Cove

The Japanese dolphin slaughter

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OcEans

Supported by the Census of MarineLife(CoML) 

opening US April 2010

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A Sea Change - Imagine the World Without Fish

http://www.aseachange.net

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Turtle: The Incredible Journey

Presented by Save Our Seas Foundation

http://saveourseas.com/turtlefilm