2021 Theme Focuses on “Seafarers: at the core of shipping’s future!”Jan. 11, 2021 –– Students in grades K–12 are invited to participate in the annual calendar art contest sponsored by the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), the United…
Communication is something that landlubbers have at the touch of a button or a screen. With a flick of the keyboard, we send out messages that reach another person in an instant anywhere in the world. A few rings on the…
Ships and Marine Mammals can be a deadly combination however both are vital to sustaining our world; 90% of all goods are transported via ocean shipping while whale and dolphins are key species in the complex marine food web. In order for the continued…
The environment has DNA? We have all heard by now of our own self-identifier, our own molecular fingerprint, Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)…the building blocks of life. But have you heard of eDNA, environmental DNA? What is this? Where did it come…
January 4, 2021 - Glasgow Scotland- Zero Emissions Ship Technology Association (ZESTAs) are the first to announce an international commercial shipping event coinciding with COP 26 to be held in Glasgow on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of November. COP26—Shipping’s…
Once again, NAMEPA is proud to announce the opening of the annual K-12 Art Calendar Contest along with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Inter-American Committee on the Port of the Organization of American States (CIP-OAS). This year’s…
Featured Photo: Brandon Richards, CEO of Panolin America December 17, 2020 --- Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) announces Panolin America as the newest corporate member of NAMEPA. They join…
Graeme Somerville-Ryan, Founder of Eyesea Dec. 16, 2020 – Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Eyesea as part of NAMEPA’s…
On October 1st 2020, the U.S. Senate passed, unanimously, the Save Our Seas (SOS) 2.0 Act. This bipartisan legislation was introduced by Senators, Sheldon Whitehouse (D – Rhode Island), Dan Sullivan (R – Alaska), and Bob Menendez (D – New Jersey) in an effort to address the…
Commitment to Save Our Seas Continues to Grow Featured Photo: Angela Chao, Foremost Group Chair and CEO December 8, 2020 --- Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) announced today that…