NC Aquariums wish the National Marine Sanctuary System a happy 50th anniversary! These 15 protected sites span more than 600,000 square miles of American waters. Thank you @MarineSanctuary Sanctuaries (NOAA) @noaa NOAA Monitor NMS for preserving these treasures. #savespectacular
Our fabulosa Betsy López-Wagner celebrating 50 years of the #NationalMarineSanctuary Act! #SaveSpectacular #DiscoverWonder 👇🏽
🧵5/5 #SaveSpectacular : U.S. Postal Service & NOAA Sanctuaries (NOAA) are showcasing our nation's underwater treasures with seascapes + marine life stamps. Healthy marine ecosystems support our communities — from food security to public health. Send 'em this #50thanniversary year! #DiscoverWonder 🔚
ACP is proud to partner with National Marine Sanctuary Foundation and Sanctuaries (NOAA) for a #SaveSpectacular celebration! Like aquariums, these underwater national parks inspire visitors to protect our ocean, coast, and Great Lakes. Join us in taking the #OceanProtector pledge!
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DID YOU KNOW? — 98% of National Marine Sanctuaries are open to recreational fishing. Here's to 50 years! 🎉 We look forward to working with Sanctuaries (NOAA) to ensure recreational fishing is maintained and promoted over the next 50. #SaveSpectacular
Happy 50th anniversary Sanctuaries (NOAA) & National Marine Sanctuary Foundation from all of us Shedd Aquarium & Aquarium Conservation Partnership ! Together we can grow the impact of our marine sanctuaries here in the #GreatLakes and across our beautiful #ocean . Let's #SaveSpectacular for the next generation.
🧵3/5 #SaveSpectacular : I have a special duty alongside Taishya Adams, Stephanie Vatalaro, Maite Arce + other🌊leaders. We serve on Sanctuaries (NOAA) Business Advisory Council, comprised of 15 experts advising the protection of special Great Lakes & ocean places. bit.ly/3gyuWZk
The National Marine Sanctuary System turned 50 this year! The NOAA has been protecting these special areas around our country for half a century and still going strong. 🌊💙 Have you ever visited a #NationalMarineSanctuary ? #NOAA #SaveSpectacular Sanctuaries (NOAA)
#corals are actually animals not plants - yet like plants, they need sunlight to grow!
That's why they thrive in shallow water - and that puts them at danger from human activities.
#CoralReefs #SaveSpectacular #NFT
Photo by Maahid Photos from Pexels
Today is the 50th anniversary of the National Marine Sanctuary System. On behalf of ACP and our member aquariums, we want to wish National Marine Sanctuary Foundation and Sanctuaries (NOAA) a Happy 50th Anniversary as we celebrate these spectacular underwater parks! #SaveSpectacular
The National Marine Sanctuary System is home to #MarineLife you might see at the aquarium. Sanctuaries have protected these species and the places they call home for 50 years! Join National Marine Sanctuary Foundation and Sanctuaries (NOAA) to help us #SaveSpectacular .
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Humpback #Whale flukes as seen on the Atlantic Ocean near Seaside Heights, NJ 🐋
North Atlantic Humpback #Whale s
🔎 Megaptera novaeangliae novaeangliae
#Nikon D500 11/05/22
Atlantic #Ocean ( #NJ )
#SaveSpectacular #DiscoverWonder Gotham Whale Bill Mckim WCS Ocean Sanctuaries (NOAA)
It's a #MontereyBay Monday!
Check out the latest #SaveSpectacular poster featuring NOAA's Monterey Bay NMS and some of the #DeepSea creatures that dwell in its depths!
How many species do you see?
Join us in #SaveSpectacular and celebrate 50 years of marine sanctuaries this October 23rd! Our sanctuaries bring us closer to each other and to the ecosystems that uphold our communities and allow us to form lifelong connections with these places! National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Sanctuaries (NOAA)
F*^K IT!!! JUST BRING THEM BOTH BACK!!! #BRINGBACKTNAS #SAVESPECTACULAR #CartoonsThatShouldReturn 👏🕷️🕸️🤟😭
'We have 17 sites now and the sites are expanding. So, we'll have Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary hopefully in 2023. Which will be to the south of Monterey Bay” #SaveSpectacular
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TINY TRAVELERS take the Buddy System to a new level. Here, a small school of fish hitch a ride through the blue with a jellyfish in Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.
📷Greg McFall/NOAA
NOAA Gray's Reef NMS
#SaveSpectacular
Just in time for #WorldOceanDay , we are unveiling the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary commemorative poster! #SaveSpectacular
Take a look for yourself and download the NOAA's Monterey Bay NMS poster today: sanctuaries.noaa.gov/posters/monter…
Pilot Whales as seen from the American Princess Cruises 📸🐋🐬
🔎 Globicephala
Fun Fact:
*Pilot #whale s are actually the second-largest #dolphin in the #world .
** Only the orca, or killer #whale , is larger.
#Nikon #SaveSpectacular #DiscoverWonder National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Sanctuaries (NOAA) Gotham Whale
We observed this rare whale species at the proposed National Marine Sanctuary #HudsonCanyon in 2022! #savespectacular Celia Ackerman American Princess Cruises Sanctuaries (NOAA) National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
Over 8 in 10 Americans think that the ocean’s role in sustaining #MarineLife is extremely or very important, according to the new #OceanClimateSurvey from National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.
#SaveSpectacular
Learn more here: marinesanctuary.org/survey/