The Aquatic Network covers a wide range of aquatic subjects, including aquaculture, aquariums, boating, commercial fisheries, conservation, education, recreational fishing, limnology, maritime and merchant marine, maritime heritage, ocean engineering, oceanography, seafood, and the water industry. The Aquatic Network includes databases, news, articles, employment opportunities, publications, images, sounds, videos, products and services, and more. Find the information you need. News, photos, videos, resources, events, organizations and more. Contribute and share your knowledge. The Aquatic Network is an information service for the aquatic world. Our website provides information on a wide range of aquatic topics, some serious and some more light-hearted. At our core is a passion for the aquatic world and a desire to promote sustainable commerce and preserve our planet's aquatic resources. Charlestown, Rhode Island

Ocean Sciences Education Teacher Resource Center - where teachers will find a selection of the best online resources for marine science education. An ocean of free teacher-approved marine education resources. The Bridge is a growing collection of the best marine education resources available on-line. It provides educators with a convenient source of accurate and useful information on global, national, and regional marine science topics, and gives researchers a contact point for educational outreach. Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), Gloucester Point, Virginia

The Coastal and Marine Institute refers to the consortium of researchers, visiting scientists, students, and volunteers that work at the SDSU Coastal and Marine Institute Laboratory (CMIL). CMIL was built in 2006 on a prime coastal site at the old Naval Training Center near the airport and San Diego Bay and was conveyed to SDSU by the City of San Diego for the purposes of functioning as a research facility for students and faculty. The mission of CMIL is to perform basic and applied coastal research and to share our knowledge of the marine environment with the community. The Coastal and Marine Institute Laboratory (CMIL) is a powerful tool for San Diego State University (SDSU) scientists who are researching environmental problems up and down the coast of southern California. CMIL offers interdisciplinary solutions to coastal zone problems in the San Diego region. The goals of CMIL are to perform research, to protect the coastal environment, and to educate scientists and students of San Diego. San Diego, California

Founded in 1973 by Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the Society has more than 50,000 members worldwide. Under the leadership of President Francine Cousteau, the Society continues the unique explorations and observations of ecosystems throughout the world that have helped millions of people understand and appreciate the fragility of life on our Water Planet. Half a century of protecting water systems has expanded to embrace a wide variety of programs to encourage communities to achieve sustainable harmony with Nature as the Cousteau Label program. Headquartered in Hampton, Virginia, membership-supported, not-for-profit environmental education organization, the Society is dedicated to the protection and improvement of the quality of life for present and future generations. Etna, New Hampshire

Expeditions to the Seafloor - an interactive distance learning Web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. Dive and Discover brings you right on board a series of research cruises around the globe, and gives you access to the latest oceanographic and deep submergence research as it happens! Dive and Discover immerses you in the excitement of ocean exploration. Through daily stories, photos, and videos, our website brings you on board research expeditions that use deep-sea tools and vehicles, allowing you to become part of teams of researchers making new discoveries. With Dive and Discover, your students are at the frontline of scientific inquiry as they join scientists—geologists, chemists and biologists—who are exploring the seafloor and making amazing new deep-sea discoveries. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

The future of human knowledge about the ocean rests in a motivated graduate student or post-doctoral researcher, a curious undergraduate, or a bright young high school student. WHOI is helping shape this future by offering a wide range of programs and opportunities for students and young scientists at all stages of their development. WHOI is the world's leading non-profit oceanographic research organization. Our mission is to explore and understand the ocean and to educate scientists, students, decision-makers, and the public. Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Oceanography & Earth Sciences from NASA's JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC - California Institute of Technology

EMR is a national programme of experiential learning about marine conservation. EMR's independence, professional delivery, marine reserves focus and provision of a range of learning styles make it unique within New Zealand. Since its introduction in Northland in 2002, EMR has expanded to 8 regions with a team of 16 coordinators nationwide. The aim of EMR is to raise awareness, understanding and involvement in marine conservation through provision of dynamic experiential environmental education opportunities. Since 2002, we have given over 25,000 school children a guided snorkelling experience within a marine reserve.

A Bouillabaisse of Fascinating Facts About Fish, from the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center. The National Marine Fisheries Service (Now NOAA Fisheries Service) annually answers thousands of questions about the oceans and the life that thrives within them. On the basis of a canvass of experienced marine scientists in the Fisheries Service done in 1973, more than a hundred questions have been chosen as most representative. These are the Most Frequently Asked Questions containing some fascinating facts about fish.

The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) is a centre for marine and coastal research. As a partner in various projects and networks it promotes and supports the international image of Flemish marine scientific research and international marine education. In its capacity as a coordination and information platform, the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) supports some thousand marine scientists in Flanders by disseminating their knowledge to policymakers, educators, the general public and scientists. Ostend, Belgium

Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (GMGI) was launched in 2013 in the belief that the ocean represents a new source of opportunity. As a not-for-profit whose ambitious mission is to "address critical challenges facing our oceans, human health and the environment through innovative scientific research and education," GMGI is demonstrating that there is vast potential in marine science discovery powered by genomics. Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute addresses critical challenges facing our oceans, human health and the environment through innovative scientific research and education. By bringing world-class science and transformative workforce development to Gloucester's historic waterfront, GMGI is catalyzing the regional economy. Gloucester, Massachusetts

The Great Lakes Division Sea Cadet program provides real life experience in maritime and underwater exploration and training. With highly qualified staff aboard the Research / Training Vessel, PRIDE OF MICHIGAN and support craft, professionally led missions are conducted throughout the Great Lakes system. Each season, we produce a documentary science film which combines science, history or natural history and features those who train and staff this remarkable program. Our award winning films have achieved recognition in the industry winning both Telly and Communicator Awards. Training in all aspects of ship operation; hands on experience Drills: Man Overboard, Damage Control (collision), Fire Fighting, Training in Engineering, Helm-Ship Handling, Navigation, Communications. Harrison Twp, Michigan

Explore the Marine Protected Areas of Hawai'i in the Coral Reefs area of the website. The mission of the Hawai'i Coral Reef Network is to foster education and research on coral reefs by facilitating communication among the environmental, scientific, governmental, and public communities and to enhance the conservation of coral reefs through stewardship. The Hawai'i Coral Reef Network is a grass-roots organization of numerous individuals from a variety of state and non-governmental agencies concerned with the conservation of our precious coral reef resources.

Magic Porthole takes you into the fascinating and fragile world of coral reefs with online and offline multimedia and multifaceted experiences. Explore virtual reefs with reef creatures as guides. Enjoy playing games and winning prizes as you make discoveries about the lives of frogfish, cleaning gobies, turtles, seahorses, sharks, and many of the myriad other reef creatures. Join Environment Achievement Contests - Your efforts to help save coral reefs may win you a prize as well as a chance to encourage others through your example. Deepen your knowledge with exciting resources. Magic Porthole invites you to share your ideas with us. Created for the Science on a Sphere highlights NOAA's activities in coral reef science.

The Florida Museum Fish Collection is second only to the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian) in number of specimen records, as reported in the most recent survey of U.S. fish collections. The Florida Museum Fish Collection has added more records to its catalog during the interval between U.S. Fish Collection surveys than any other collection. Although global in scope, principal strengths of the UF Collection are elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays), western Atlantic reef fishes, western and eastern Atlantic shelf and deep water marine fishes, North American freshwater fishes, and freshwater fishes from SE Asia. Also important are large collections of freshwater fishes from Central America, South America, and the West Indies. Gainesville, Florida

The Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) is an off-campus research laboratory, teaching, outreach, and part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's (UNC-CH) Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences. Located on the central North Carolina coast in Morehead City; the mission of UNC’s Institute of Marine Sciences is to conduct cutting-edge research, train young scientists, provide expertise to governmental agencies and industry, and to promote new knowledge to inform public policy. Morehead City, North Carolina

Distance Learning Development and Education Courses. The world's largest provider of professional development and academic education to the maritime industry. The only Academy dedicated to enabling you to fulfill your potential throughout your maritime career. Based in London, England UK

Lost City, located 20 km west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, is characterized by extreme conditions never before seen in the marine environment: venting of pH 9-11,>90°C, metal-poor fluids from carbonate edifices that tower 60-m above the seafloor. Investigation of this remarkable system has forever changed our views about where and how life can thrive and survive on and in the seafloor and provided new models for the evolution of life on this earth and possibly elsewhere [Kelley et al., 2005]. This system is the longest-lived of any known venting environment in the worlds’ oceans with activity ongoing for at least 120,000 years. Investigations of this site were funded by the National Science Foundation and by the NOAA Ocean Exploration program. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) was formed in 1979 to increase society's awareness of the environmental, economic and cultural value of Louisiana's coastal and marine environments by conducting research and education programs directly relevant to Louisiana's needs in marine science and coastal resources and serving as a facility for all Louisiana schools with interest in marine research and education. Chauvin, Louisiana

The mission of the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center is to provide the marine technical workforce with appropriately educated workers and to use marine technology to create interest in and improve STEM education. The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center is a national partnership of organizations working to improve marine technical education and in this way help to prepare America's future workforce for ocean occupations. Headquartered at Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) in Monterey, California, the MATE Center has been funded as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center of Excellence since 1997. Monterey, California

Online Science Courses. Odyssey Expeditions Tropical Marine Biology Voyages offers summer educational adventure voyages aboard catamarans in the Caribbean for high school and college students. This is our Marine Biology Educational Blog

Our goal is to help improve the quality of life on earth through education and the responsible use of marine resources for food, fresh water, energy, minerals, and medicine. MRDF has created innovative and stimulating educational programs and research projects that enrich our appreciation of the marine environment and advance our ability to work more productively in harmony with the world around us. Key Largo, Florida

MarineLab in Key Largo, FL offers STEM science education field programs for students from 5th grade through college and professional development opportunities for teachers. Our location provides quick access to both the coral reefs of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Florida Bay in Everglades National Park. Connect your classroom to the unique habitats of Key Largo! eMarineLab provides the MarineLab science learning experience on a virtual platform. The live programs are designed to engage students 4th-12th grade and give them opportunities to learn about and see animals, plants, and ocean ecosystems without having to travel to our campus. Our lessons are all aligned with NGSS, utilize inquiry-based science instruction, and are taught by our enthusiastic and knowledgeable MarineLab instructors. Key Largo, Florida

An organization of maritime education schools with the goal of ensuring the highest quality maritime education to recreational and professional mariners. MESC was formed by a group of maritime education schools with the goal of ensuring the highest quality maritime education to recreational and professional mariners. By forming a coalition of schools, we are able to safeguard the education standards and provide the students who utilize a MESC school with the highest possible level of training that meets all USCG guidelines.

Maritime Institute of Technology & Graduate Studies (MITAGS). MITAGS is a world-renowned maritime training and simulation center with locations in Baltimore and Seattle. We've been providing high-quality maritime training programs for military and commercial mariners for well over thirty years. Today, over one hundred and fifty different courses are available for mariners from around the globe. In addition, MITAGS is one of the few schools in the United States that offers all of the STCW training courses that are necessary to progress from Ordinary Seafarer to Unlimited Master. Baltimore, Maryland and Seattle, Washington

National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) is a dedicated, influential member-based organization of classroom teachers, informal educators, university professors, scientists, and more from around the world working together to advance the understanding and protection of our freshwater and marine ecosystems. From scientists working in the deep sea to students studying underwater archeology in the Great Lakes, NMEA members are dedicated to making known the world of water, both fresh and salt. NMEA is a national organization powered by 17 individual, regional chapters who provide the on-the-ground efforts that support and promote national initiatives in education and conservation such as Ocean Literacy.

The NOSB is an academic competition and program that addresses a national gap in environmental and earth sciences in public education by introducing high school students to and engaging them in ocean science, preparing them for ocean science-related and other STEM careers, and helping them become knowledgeable citizens and environmental stewards. The NOSB's focus on ocean science education is important. Humans rely on a healthy ocean for oxygen, resources, jobs, and more. Our future leaders must be knowledgeable about ocean issues. The ocean is an ideal interdisciplinary teaching tool for science, technology, education, and mathematics (STEM) that puts study in a real world context. Working in the ocean environment poses challenges that push the innovation, engineering, and technology development needed in our workforce. But ocean science is not a course generally offered at the high school level. The NOSB is one of the only ways students gain exposure to all of ocean science and related careers as they are beginning to chart their course in life. Washington, D.C.

The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) is an innovative collaboration of federal agencies that support ocean research partnerships among academia, government, industry, and non-governmental organizations. These sectors pursue ocean-related scientific and technical information on some of the nation’s most pressing issues. NOPP investments encompass numerous areas, including oceanographic research and exploration, technology development, resource management, and ocean education; these focus areas have led to community advances in oceanography and impacts on society. Washington, D.C.

This site has been designed to help students, teachers, librarians, and the general public access the many educational activities, publications, and booklets that have been produced. Topics include Oceans & Coasts, Climate, Weather and Atmosphere, Marine Life, Freshwater, and Special Topics. Education resources are distributed across many websites and program offices at NOAA and on NOAA partner websites. This portal is designed to assist educators in accessing these materials from one centralized interface. The content here is a sampling of NOAA's education resources and more can be found at each linked location.

For over 50 years, the National Sea Grant College Program has supported coastal and Great Lakes communities through research, extension and education. Sea Grant's mission is to enhance the practical use and conservation of coastal, marine and Great Lakes resources in order to create a sustainable economy and environment. Environmental stewardship, long-term economic development and responsible use of America's coastal, ocean and Great Lakes resources are at the heart of Sea Grant's mission. A network of 34 Sea Grant programs in the coastal US States and territories carries out this mission through research, extension and education activities. The network draws on the expertise of more than 3,000 scientists, engineers, public outreach experts, educators and students to help citizens better understand, conserve and utilize America's coastal resources. Silver Spring, Maryland

An educational offering for all who wish to learn about, discover, & virtually explore the ocean realm. Public access to current information on a series of NOAA scientific & educational explorations & activities in the marine environment. The NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research provides a variety of learning and teaching tools designed to engage broad audiences and enhance America’s environmental literacy through the excitement of ocean discovery.

The mission of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Teacher at Sea Program is to provide teachers hands-on, real-world research experience working at sea with world-renowned NOAA scientists, thereby giving them unique insight into oceanic and atmospheric research crucial to the nation. The program provides a unique opportunity for kindergarten through college-level teachers to sail aboard NOAA research ships to work under the tutelage of scientists and crew. Since its inception in 1990, NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program has enabled nearly 700 teachers to gain first-hand experience of science and life at sea. By participating in this program, teachers profoundly enrich their classroom curricula, enhance their approaches to teaching science, and engage their local community with knowledge that can only be gained by living and working side-by-side, day and night, with scientists who contribute to the world's oceanic and atmospheric scientific research.

The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) and its predecessors have gathered oceanographic data along our nation's coasts for over 200 years to protect life, property, and the environment. Serving both the public and other government agencies, CO-OPS is the authoritative source for accurate, reliable, and timely water-level and current measurements that support safe and efficient maritime commerce, sound coastal management, and recreation. The combined efforts, knowledge, and experience of CO-OPS's technicians, scientists, and engineers working to carry out a central mission has led to the development of a reliable center of expertise for coastal physical oceanography. Tides & Currents Education: What causes tides, how they predict tides, and how they measure water level.

We are Ocean First Education, passionate educators, scientists, divers, and explorers, seeking to guide users to a greater understanding and appreciation of ocean science and conservation. Through in-depth, multi-disciplinary instruction, we take our students to the intersection of fascination and education, creating a deep connection with the ocean's vital marine ecology. Ocean First Education courses provide dynamic, interactive experiences, engaging content on relevant issues, and connections to your everyday life. Whether you’d prefer to wade through the Explorer Series or swim into a full course, we offer a variety of learning opportunities to meet the needs of K-12 students. Through education and awareness, we can all become stewards of the sea. Boulder, Colorado

The Ocean Institute has become nationally known for its hands-on marine science, environmental and ocean education and maritime history programs. More than 115,000 K-12 students and 8,000 teachers annually participate in the Institute's 61 award-winning, immersion style programs. To learn about ocean facts, sea creatures, oceanography, science, and California history, students voyage onto the ocean, study in labs and live aboard tall ships or in the chaparral, where they can feel and taste the salty sea spray, sort through live specimens, observe migrating whales on our Dana Point whale watch cruises, collect scientific data and investigate the culture and world around them. Dana Point, California

Ocean Networks Canada operates the world-leading NEPTUNE and VENUS ocean observatories for the advancement of science and the benefit of Canada. These observatories collect data on physical, chemical, biological, and geological aspects of the ocean over long time periods, supporting research on complex Earth processes in ways not previously possible. The NEPTUNE regional observatory and VENUS coastal observatory provide unique scientific and technical capabilities that permit researchers to operate instruments remotely and receive data at their home laboratories anywhere on the globe in real time. The Education and Public Engagement team works to develop educational resources about ocean science for students, educators, and the public. The video, images, sound, and oceanographic data collected by Ocean Networks Canada are valuable learning tools that can be used for classroom activities and labs at the primary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC Canada

Educational information and classroom activities on oceans & climate, El Niño, ice ages, fisheries, waves, icebergs, currents, coral reefs and more. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

The College of Earth, Ocean and Environment (CEOE) at the University of Delaware is dedicated to advancing the understanding of our planet’s natural systems, from plate tectonics and turbulent hurricanes to historic coastal estuaries and the deepest reaches of the ocean. Newark, Delaware

Protecting Marine Life Through Education, Research, & Involvement. The Reef Environmental Education Foundation is a grass-roots organization that seeks to conserve marine ecosystems by educating, enlisting and enabling divers and other marine enthusiasts to become active ocean stewards and citizen scientists. REEF was founded in 1990, out of growing concern about the health of the marine environment, and the desire to provide the SCUBA diving community a way to contribute to the understanding and protection of marine populations. REEF achieves this goal primarily through its volunteer fish monitoring program, the REEF Fish Survey Project. Key Largo, Florida

The rich waters of Roatan abound with stories. Tales of life, growth and change are all waiting to be told. More importantly, they are waiting to be heard. The starring roles are the fish and other marine organisms who call this place their home. The Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences knows these stories. After all, they unfold right offshore. The primary objective of this facility is the preservation of Roatan's natural resources through education and research. RIMS has established itself as a dedicated teaching institution, and our facility is visited year-round by colleges, universities, and high schools from abroad to study tropical marine ecosystems and the bottlenose dolphins at our facility. Roatan, Honduras

Explore the Oceans Below and the Universe Above. Sea and Sky is your one-stop source for all things related to the oceans, aquariums, astronomy, and space exploration; features extensive information, news, images, games, and much more.

Sea School is a trusted & innovative training company offering you commercial & recreational boat licences, Jet Ski / PWC Licences in NSW and other regional centres. We now operate campuses in Newport, Sydney, Tweed Heads and Jervis Bay in NSW; Bundaberg, Cairns, Magnetic Island, Sunshine Coast, Gladstone, Brisbane and Burleigh heads in QLD; as well as in Melbourne, Tasmania and Perth. The Sea School head office is located in Sydney's northern beaches.

Study Abroad with SEA Semester: Ocean Science & Sailing Program - Nautical, Maritime, & Oceanography Studies. SEA offers college level semester at sea, high school, and teacher programs focusing on oceanography, maritime studies, marine biology, sailing tall ships, and the environmental study of oceans. Sea Education Association is an internationally recognized leader in undergraduate ocean education. For 40 years and more than one million nautical miles, we have educated students about the world's oceans through our fully accredited study abroad program, SEA Semester. Corwith Cramer, named after SEA's founding director, was designed by Wooden and Marean specifically for SEA and was constructed by ASTACE in 1987 in Bilbao, Spain. She is a 134-foot steel brigantine built as a research vessel for operation under sail. Robert C. Seamans, SEA’s newest vessel, was designed by Laurent Giles of Hampshire England, and built at JM Martinac shipbuilding in Tacoma, Washington. Named after former trustee and Chairman of SEA’s board, the Robert C. Seamans is a 134-foot steel brigantine and is the most sophisticated oceanographic research/sailing school vessel ever built in the United States. SEA is based on Cape Cod in the oceanographic research community of Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Reliability has made the name SEA-GEAR a worldwide symbol of quality and integrity, servicing thousands of customers with a wide variety of marine biological, aquaculture and oceanographic products. Products include: Plankton Nets, Neuston Nets, Neuston Frames & Accessories, Kick Nets, Student Nets, Bongo Frames (MARMAP), Twin Rings, Mesocosms, Components & Accessories, Specialty Nets & Trawls. Melbourne, Florida

Seacamp is a non-profit, marine science education facility located on Big Pine Key in the tropical Florida Keys adjacent to Looe Key and Florida's fragile coral reefs. Founded in 1966, Seacamp offers marine science education and summer camp experiences including SCUBA, sailing, board sailing, and arts & crafts to students from 12-17 years of age. Seacamp is the result of a cooperative effort of parents, scientists, businessmen, camp leaders and others dedicated to the education of youth in marine science. Big Pine Key, Florida

SEACAMP San Diego is a marine science camp for kids and teens offering a range of programs to students throughout the school year and summer. Since 1987 it has been our goal to supplement traditional marine biology classroom study by providing hands-on education programs for students of all ages. Our programs combine hands-on labs and workshops with interactive field activities, such as snorkeling, boat trip, kayaking and boogie boarding. Marine science is a multidisciplinary field therefore SEACAMP San Diego covers a wide variety of subjects during our programs including marine ecology, physical oceanography and marine biology, ranging from the largest marine mammals to the smallest plankton. San Diego, California

Thank you for your interest in learning about the Seacoast Science Center, a non-profit marine science education organization located on the New Hampshire coast. Since 1992 the Center's programs and exhibits have informed people, from toddlers to grandparents, about why a healthy ocean is important. Ocean education is what we do. We educate to motivate. Rye, New Hampshire

The Living Ocean Teacher's Guide. The purpose of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Project is to provide quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties to the Earth science community. Subtle changes in ocean color signify various types and quantities of marine phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants), the knowledge of which has both scientific and practical applications. The SeaWiFS Project will develop and operate a research data system that will process, calibrate, validate, archive and distribute data received from an Earth-orbiting ocean color sensor.

For more than 50 years, we have been a leading theme park and entertainment company delivering personal, interactive and educational experiences that blend imagination with nature and enable our guests to celebrate, connect with and care for the natural world we share. Orlando, Florida; San Antonio, Texas; San Diego, California.

The South Carolina Marine Educators Association (SCMEA) is a professional association made up of classroom teachers, informal educators, scientists and others all dedicated to marine education in the state of South Carolina. SCMEA is a regional chapter of the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA), an organization that brings together those interested in the study and protection of freshwater and marine ecosystems. South Carolina