CHALLENGE
Show your support for National Science Week and entertain at the same time, by creating a cartoon that influences tourist behaviours while in or on our oceans.
RESEARCH & IMAGINE
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Tourism is booming on our oceans. Can you think ways to make tourist activities and operations more sustainable?
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Check 20 ways to reduce the impact of tourism and use these ideas to inform your cartoon.
PLAN, CREATE, TEST & EVALUATE
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Using the National Science Week Science Activity Characters and a range of cartoon templates, bring your ideas alive with a unique story and a visual voice about how to leave a lighter tourist footprint on, in or near our oceans during National Science Week.
RESOURCES: websites
Case Study: High demand for atlantic, pacific and southern bluefin tuna in sushi and sashimi markets has led to overfishing and sometimes illegal fishing of this species, causing their populations to decline severely over the past decades.
Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) are a top predator in the marine food chain and they help maintain a balance in the ocean environment.
Learn about the tagging programs that are helping scientists understand their migratory behaviours and advising fisheries managers about how best to protect them.
RESOURCES: videos
5:30min If we were to name an iconic species of the Mediterranean sea, it would no doubt be the Atlantic bluefin tuna. Strangely, not many people know about this marine animal which has been heavily overfished for decades. Learn about this amazing species and WWF work to ensure a sustainable future for this "most wanted" fish