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Tuna in the Floor!                       Now THAT’s a pretty cool fish box! Video Courtesy: Michelle Arendts Meredith | Facebook Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Go for the Leader!              Man overboard going for the leader! Video Courtesy: Billfish Movement | Facebook Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Fishing the Buccaneer Cup is a great way to help support the Recreational Fishing Alliance and you’ll have a great time doing it. To learn more and to enter online go to www.buccaneercup.com. More Videos… Vintage Manasquan!                     “Black Friday” in Manasquan Inlet, NJ! Great vintage video. Video Courtesy: Travis Otis | Facebook Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Whale Breach!                    Whale breaches right in your face. Video Courtesy: Live in Australia | Facebook Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Building a System for Coordinated and Sustained Observations of the Ocean’s Ecosystems and Biodiversity Article Courtesy: unesco.org | Originally Published: 12/16/2016

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), though its Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) and the Biology and Ecosystems Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS BioEco) signed the collaboration Agreement on 4 December with the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEOBON).

According to IOC’s Executive Secretary, Vladimir Ryabinin, “monitoring the ocean’s biodiversity and living resources underpins protection of ocean ecosystems and contributes to sustainable development… the IOC through leading the Global Ocean Observing System and OBIS, is committed to coordinate and support the global effort of building the knowledge base for improved global governance and for a healthy ocean.”

Assessing ocean biodiversity and how it may change under possible future scenarios can help to more effectively conserve and sustainably use marine life. This is true both in ocean areas within national borders, in and the vast open ocean – the areas beyond areas of national jurisdiction – which cover 70% of the earth’s surface and 98% of Earth’s habitable living space.

A coordinated global ocean observing system would provide these kinds of information and knowledge, providing useful inputs to implement and track our progress towards achieving main global frameworks of action. Ocean biodiversity is a key component to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (specifically SDG 14), to the 2020 Biodiversity Aichi targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and to the second World Ocean Assessment. Above: © Torey Kauth: Monitoring marine biodiversity will be key to delivering on sustainable development goals. Please click HERE to read the full article on our website now! Backlash? Feedback?

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