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As a result of a United Nations General Assembly resolution passed in December 2008, World Oceans Day is celebrated on June 8th each year. This annual event spurred the creation of a special collections around our oceans and the efforts being made in conservation ranging from pollution to habitat restoration to fishing and fisheries.

The special collection continues to grow along with Plastic in Our Oceans and 1Water, with a focus on the challenge of providing clean drinking water to the world population.

Curated by mokiethecat

Day in the Life of a Moalboal Fisherman
September 21, 2015
More than 1.3 million small-scale fishers, the poorest of the poor in the Philippines, depend on the ocean for their livelihood and to stave off hunger. Learn more: http://bit.ly/1j7zbrq But Philippine waters and the people that need them are in trouble. More than 75 percent of fishing grounds are overexploited, once lush coral reefs are degraded, and whale sharks are accidentally killed. Together, if we act now, we can restore the ocean’s abundance.