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23 January: Ocean Exploration Day Photo: Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
2 February: World Wetlands Day Photo: Tyler Butler/Unsplash
20 February: World Whale Day Photo: Todd Cravens/Unsplash
27 February: World Polar Bear Day Photo: Hans-Jurgen Maler/Unsplash
1 March : World Seagrass Day Photo: Benjamin L. Jones/Unsplash
3 March: World Wildlife Day Photo: Richard Barnden/Ocean Image Bank
9 March: International Day of Rivers Photo: Dan Roizer/Unsplash
22 March: World Seal Day Photo: Keith Luke/Unsplash
last Wednesday of March: international manatee day Photo: NOAA/Unsplash
14 April: National Dolphin Day Photo: Jonas von Werne/Unsplash
22 April: Earth Day Photo: NASA/Unsplash
25 April: World Penguin Day Photo: Cornelius Ventures/Unsplash
27 April: Noise Awareness Day Photo: Frederic Filix/Unsplash
2 May: World Tuna Day Photo: Kate/Unsplash
7 May is the Deep Sea Conservation Coaloition' Deep Day Photo: NOAA/OKEANOS EXPLORER Program, Oceano Profundo 2015
8 May: Empty the Tanks Day Photo: Boris Drobnič/Unsplash
22 May: International Biodiversity Day Photo: Kyaw Tun/Unsplash
1 June: International Coral Reef Day Photo: Francesco Ungaro/Unsplash
5 June: World Environment Day Photo: Francesco Ungaro/Unsplash
5 June: International Day for the Fight against IUU Fishing Photo: Paul Einerhand/Unsplash
8 June: World Ocean Day Photo: Anastasia Taioglou/Unsplash
16 June: World Sea Turtle Day Photo: Kris-Mikael Krister/Unsplash
14 July: World Shark Day Photo: Oleksandr Sushko/Unsplash
26 July: International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem Photo: Matt Curnock/Ocean Image Bank
11 August: World Krill Day Photo: Øystein Paulsen/Only One
30 August: World Whale Shark Day Photo: Sebastian Pena Lambarri/Unsplash
17 September: Manta Ray Day Photo: Mohamed Nashah
3rd Saturday in September: Coastal Cleanup Day Photo: Ocean Image Bank
29 September: International Maritime Day Photo: Venti Views/Unsplash
8 October: World Octopus Day Photo: Umead Mistry/Ocean Image Bank
3 November: World Jellyfish Day Photo: Nikolay Kovalenko/Unsplash
16 November: Deep Sea Day Photo: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program
21 November: World Fisheries Day Photo: Serg Zhukov/Unsplash
1 December: Antarctica Day Photo: Long Ma/Unsplash