The Blue Frontier Campaign is a United States

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organization founded by

David Helvarg David Helvarg (born April 10, 1951) is an American journalist and environmental activist. He is the founder and president of the marine conservation lobbying organization Blue Frontier Campaign, a part of the Seaweed rebellion, which arose fro ...

in 2003. The Campaign has established a nationwide network of

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(the marine conservation community or Blue Movement calls this 'seaweed') lobbyists. It is campaigning for an American Oceans Act to protect what the members call "our public seas" and is working to improve ocean policies in the 23 coastal states of the United States. Blue Frontier supports maritime community activists by distributing model policies and practices. Its other objectives include the creation of books, a TV documentary series, and other educational materials on ocean exploration and stewardship. The first such creation was the ''2005 - 2006 Ocean and Coastal Conservation Guide''. The ''Blue Vision Conference'' in Washington DC in July 2004 and ''Blue Vision Mid-Atlantic Conference'' at the

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in April 2005 were the start of a series of seminars to introduce seaweed activists to oceanographers, port officials, and other marine stakeholders. Annual awards called "The Breakers" are presented in ten categories: Art & Entertainment, Conservation Science, Marine Education, Best Business Practices, and Hero of the Seas. Future plans for the Campaign include endowing a fellowship for investigative reporting on waste, fraud and abuse on America's Seas, working to include marine education in middle school and high school curricula, and developing a media campaign that highlights lessons from the past American frontier, and "applies these to our new blue one". The directors of the Campaign represent other activist organizations including

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, The

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, Khaled Bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, National Alliance for Hispanic Health, Reef Relief, and

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. It also has a panel of over twenty advisors. In 2007 two new Blue Frontier projects include Roz Savage's solo crossing of the

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, and a school program for the ''50 Ways to Save the Ocean'' book.

Publications

*Helvarg, David, ''50 Ways to Save the Ocean'', (Inner Ocean Publishing, 2006) *Helvarg, David, ''Blue Frontier: Dispatches from America's Ocean Wilderness'', (

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, 2006) *Helvarg, David (ed.), ''Ocean and Coastal Conservation Guide 2005-2006: The Blue Movement Directory'', (Island Press, 2005) *Helvarg, David, ''Blue Frontier: Saving America's Living Seas'', (W. H. Freeman, 2001)

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