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10 Tips for Responsible Tide Pooling

Follow these simple steps to protect sea creatures and their natural habitats.

Offering a snack to fish and sea turtles encourages them to be dependent on humans and disrupts their diet.
Robert Holmes, Text by Julia Rutland

No Feeding

Offering a snack to fish and sea turtles encourages them to be dependent on humans and disrupts their diet.

NextHide, Don’t Seek

Place all trash in proper receptacles. Plastic bags can look like jellyfish to hungry sea turtles and seals. Six-pack rings can trap ocean critters and birds, so cut rings into pieces before disposing.

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Hide, Don’t Seek Observe ocean life quietly, and never chase a sea turtle or flashy fish. Sea turtles are protected animals. Messing with one may bring a hefty fine or even jail time.

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Offering a snack to fish and sea turtles encourages them to be dependent on humans and disrupts their diet.

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