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Dr. Carl Safina grew up fascinated by the ocean and its creatures. He now works to highlight, explain, and solve problems facing the oceans¹ wildlife. Safina is author of more than a hundred publications, including the books Song for the Blue Ocean, Eye of the Albatross and Voyage of the Turtle. He also co-authored the Seafood Lover¹s Almanac. His conservation work has been profiled in the New York Times, on Nightline, and in the Bill Moyers television special "Earth on Edge." Safina is a recipient of the Pew Scholar's Award in Conservation and the Environment, a World Wildlife Fund Senior Fellowship, the Lannan Literary Award for nonfiction, the John Burroughs Medal for literature, and a MacArthur Prize, among others. He is now president of Blue Ocean Institute, a non-profit he co-founded in 2003, which seeks to inspire a closer relationship with the sea. For more visit
www.carlsafina.org or www.blueocean.org.
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"What truly surprises me about the Gulf of California is how alive it is. It’s islands, populated not by people but by seabirds and sea lions give an impression of wilderness far beyond the proximity of the U.S. and mainland Mexico. Despite serious over-fishing for some species, for animals like whales, dolphins, and seabirds, the Gulf is largely a safe haven. For us it is haven too, an easily accessed place to marvel at wild abundance, wide horizons, and intense desert beauty."
- Dr. Carl Safina
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