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Hope Spots. Hope Spots are special places that are critical to the health of the ocean — Earth’s blue heart. Some Hope Spots are already formally protected, while others still need defined protection. Under Dr. Earle’s leadership, the Mission Blue team has embarked on a series of expeditions to shed light on these vital

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ABOUT US - MISSION BLUEOUR PARTNERSCONTACT USEXPEDITIONS Mission Blue inspires action to explore and protect the ocean. Led by legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue is uniting a global coalition to inspire an upwelling of public awareness, access and support for a worldwide network of marine protected areas – Hope Spots.Under Dr. Earle’s leadership, the Mission Blue team implements communications campaigns that elevate Hope HOPE SPOTS - MISSION BLUE Hope Spots are often areas that need new protection, but they can also be existing MPAs where more action is needed. They can be large, they can be small, but they all provide hope due to: A special abundance or diversity of species, unusual or representative species, habitats or ecosystems. Particular populations of rare, threatened or endemic WEBINARS - MISSION BLUE A Conversation with Dr. Earle and Craig Foster, My Octopus Teacher. December 17, 2020. The Next Ten Years: Most Important of the Next 10,000. November 6, 2020. Galápagos Islands: Pivoting from the Pandemic to a More Sustainable Future. August 18, 2020. High Stakes for the High Seas. July 16, 2020. Canary Islands: Tenerife-La Gomera

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SALISH SEA DECLARED A HOPE SPOT IN CELEBRATION OF NEW The Salish Sea has been declared a Hope Spot by international nonprofit Mission Blue in recognition of SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research (SR³) and their partners’ conservation goals to protect the local marine biodiversity. SR³ is kicking off their celebration as the Hope Spot Champions with the opening of a new marine animal hospital in Seattle, coming soon. PRESIDENT PIÑERA ANNOUNCES CHILE WILL ADVANCE A PROPOSAL During the 2021 Virtual Leaders Climate Summit hosted on Earth Day, President Sebastian Piñera announced Chile will launch efforts to create a fully protected high seas marine protected area (MPA) in the Eastern Pacific as a priority measure to address the climate crisis.

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National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence Dr. Sylvia A. Earle, called Her Deepness by the New Yorker and the New York Times, Living Legend by the Library of Congress, and first Hero for the Planet by Time Magazine, is an oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer with experience as a field research scientist, government official, and director for corporate and non-profit THE MIGHTY ANTARCTIC KRILL AND THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT TO SAVE CCAMLR is a consensus-driven regulatory body of 25 member states with a mandate to apply an ecological approach to any commercial activity and to establish permanent protections for the Southern Ocean. In 2002, CCAMLR committed to establishing a “robust” system of marine protected areas (MPA’s) throughout the ocean by 2012. HOME - MISSION BLUEABOUTDIVE INHOPE SPOTSIN THE NEWSTHE FILMOCEAN

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Hope Spots. Hope Spots are special places that are critical to the health of the ocean — Earth’s blue heart. Some Hope Spots are already formally protected, while others still need defined protection. Under Dr. Earle’s leadership, the Mission Blue team has embarked on a series of expeditions to shed light on these vital

ecosystems and

ABOUT US - MISSION BLUEOUR PARTNERSCONTACT USEXPEDITIONS Mission Blue inspires action to explore and protect the ocean. Led by legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue is uniting a global coalition to inspire an upwelling of public awareness, access and support for a worldwide network of marine protected areas – Hope Spots.Under Dr. Earle’s leadership, the Mission Blue team implements communications campaigns that elevate Hope HOPE SPOTS - MISSION BLUE Hope Spots are often areas that need new protection, but they can also be existing MPAs where more action is needed. They can be large, they can be small, but they all provide hope due to: A special abundance or diversity of species, unusual or representative species, habitats or ecosystems. Particular populations of rare, threatened or endemic WEBINARS - MISSION BLUE A Conversation with Dr. Earle and Craig Foster, My Octopus Teacher. December 17, 2020. The Next Ten Years: Most Important of the Next 10,000. November 6, 2020. Galápagos Islands: Pivoting from the Pandemic to a More Sustainable Future. August 18, 2020. High Stakes for the High Seas. July 16, 2020. Canary Islands: Tenerife-La Gomera

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SALISH SEA DECLARED A HOPE SPOT IN CELEBRATION OF NEW The Salish Sea has been declared a Hope Spot by international nonprofit Mission Blue in recognition of SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research (SR³) and their partners’ conservation goals to protect the local marine biodiversity. SR³ is kicking off their celebration as the Hope Spot Champions with the opening of a new marine animal hospital in Seattle, coming soon. PRESIDENT PIÑERA ANNOUNCES CHILE WILL ADVANCE A PROPOSAL During the 2021 Virtual Leaders Climate Summit hosted on Earth Day, President Sebastian Piñera announced Chile will launch efforts to create a fully protected high seas marine protected area (MPA) in the Eastern Pacific as a priority measure to address the climate crisis.

SYLVIA A. EARLE

National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence Dr. Sylvia A. Earle, called Her Deepness by the New Yorker and the New York Times, Living Legend by the Library of Congress, and first Hero for the Planet by Time Magazine, is an oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer with experience as a field research scientist, government official, and director for corporate and non-profit THE MIGHTY ANTARCTIC KRILL AND THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT TO SAVE CCAMLR is a consensus-driven regulatory body of 25 member states with a mandate to apply an ecological approach to any commercial activity and to establish permanent protections for the Southern Ocean. In 2002, CCAMLR committed to establishing a “robust” system of marine protected areas (MPA’s) throughout the ocean by 2012. GATHERED FOODS, MAKERS OF GOOD CATCH® PLANT-BASED SEAFOOD Austin, TX (June 8, 2021) – In honor of World Ocean Day, Gathered Foods, makers of Good Catch® plant-based seafood, today announced a new partnership with Mission Blue, an organization led by oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, that inspires action to explore and protect our ocean.With a common goal of protecting the world’s waters, Good Catch will become a corporate sponsor of Mission Blue PLANT BASED ARCHIVES Plant-based seafood leader to support Mission Blue with ongoing sponsorship and consumer call to action to help shift the decline of

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Header image by Max Bello. Spanish translation can be read at the bottom of the page. PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (June 8th, 2021) – On June 8th, 2021, Laurentino Cortizo, President of Panama and Milciades Concepción, Minister of Environment signed the decree that protects the Coiba Ridge, a move that will triple the Cordillera de Coiba marine protected area. CONTACT US - MISSION BLUE Our offices. Sylvia Earle Alliance/Mission Blue P.O. Box 6882 Napa, CA 94581 Ph: +1 (707) 492-6866 DIVE INTO THE MYSTERIOUS DEEP-SEA ECOSYSTEMS OF THE For almost three years now, as part of the Seamount Research Project at the Charles Darwin Foundation and working in collaboration with the Galápagos National Park Directorate, we have been investigating deep-sea ecosystems in the Galápagos Archipelago. It’s been an immense privilege, as our research group is among the first to explore and describe life in the deep, dark and remote spaces HOPE SPOT NOMINATION GUIDELINES Nomination Guidelines & FAQs: Wish, Act, Protect! Thank you for your interest in nominating a Hope Spot. While anyone is welcome to nominate a Hope Spot we do hope that you are ready to commit time to working for your Hope Spot and partnering with others in INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS POLICY The Mission Blue website and service (the “Service”) is a community platform for igniting public support for the oceans and for marine protected areas The Service prohibit the infringement of the intellectual property rights of third parties (including without limitation copyright, trademark, and related rights).

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