Solving a problem starts with knowing that you have one. Ocean Voyages Institute’s Ocean Cleanup Initiative vividly shows how discarded plastics are clogging the ocean, causing a major problem for the planet’s vital “blue heart,”entangling marine life and insidiously killing as it accumulates in the food chain, from tiny plankton […]
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Mary Crowley, founder and president of Ocean Voyage Institute, was featured as a keynote plenary speaker at the OCEANS 2023 conference in Limerick, Ireland, June 5-8, 2023. Since 2009, Mary has led research voyages to the North Pacific Gyre studying plastic debris distribution and conducting cleanups. In her plenary remarks, […]
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45 Day Expedition crosses Pacific from Honolulu to California, traversing over 4600 miles of debris filled ocean SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 26, 2022 – Ocean Voyages Institute announcesthat after 45 days at sea, its sailing cargo ship has arrived in port, docking inCalifornia for the first time, with 96 […]
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Sailing cargo ship departs Honolulu to capture massive amounts of plastic debris HONOLULU, HI – June 7, 2022 – An ongoing mission to remove plastics from the oceans, led by Ocean Voyages Institute, sets sail on World Oceans Day to the Pacific Gyre from the Hawaiian port of Honolulu, amid […]
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Ocean Voyages Institute, For the Oceans Foundation, and Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment and Energy launch marine pollution recovery and protection mission in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor PUNTARENAS, CR – Less than two months after signing a promising new marine conservation collaboration agreement comprising the areas of Coco’s […]
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OVI commends the Governments of Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador & Columbia in announcing at COP26, the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) Initiative. By increasing the size of their protected territorial waters, these Central American Nations have joined together to create a fishing-free corridor covering more than 500,000 sq km […]
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Ocean Voyages Institute would like to thank WinTogether and SAP for helping to fundraise for a cleaner ocean. Funds raised in the CLEAN OCEANS CAMPAIGN will go towards OVI’s goal of removing One Million pounds of ghost nets and toxic plastics from our seas. OVI would like to also thank USA […]
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We are removing the highest volume of plastics in the world for mid-ocean clean-up with donated maritime vessels combined with technology like GPS Trackers and Drones. Don’t let anyone ever say that mid-ocean clean-up is impossible! Mary Crowley is the founder and executive director of Ocean Voyages Institute established in […]
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When carbon in the atmosphere is photosynthesized by algae in the oceans, zooplantkon eat the algae and drop carbon-rich feces to the sea-floor. Plastics are disrupting the ocean’s ability to store carbon, as zooplankton also ingest plastic.
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ByFusion teams up with Ocean Voyages Institute to convert 40,000 lbs of plastic waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch into construction-grade building material ByFusion announces off-take partnership with Ocean Voyages Institute (OVI), repurposing 20 tons of marine debris and plastic waste into construction grade building materials. The ByFusion-OVI partnership […]
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