The activist and conservation champion plans to use the award money for critical tools to combat illegal fishing in the protected waters around Malpelo, Colombia.
The online ticket-booking service joins a growing list of tourism companies to cease selling tourism experiences with companies like SeaWorld that feature animal performances.
Ehrlich's feature film debut, "My Octopus Teacher," ignited love for our oceans around the world. For her powerful storytelling, she is our November 2021 Sea Hero.
Dive guests at Windjammer Landing can help the locals protect coral reefs through three-day Environmental Dive Package, which includes certification as a PADI Reef Rescue Diver.
Quintana Roo, in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, insured about 100 miles of coastline to protect the reef, which generates about $6.2 billion a year in regional economic activity.