Ahoy mateys! 'Tis time to splice the mainbrace -- that's pirate talk for gettin' sloshed! -- it's World Ocean Day. Yo-ho-hmmm, you ask? Well, glad ye did. This day is dedicated to celebrating the briny deep and making sure she's protected so we can sail ho! Cause without a healthy ocean, there'll be no poop deck or pillaging, no planks to walk nor timbers to shiver ... and worst of all, me hearties, we'll be no different than ye average Joe Landlubber. Arrr ... That'd be a fate worse than ... well, let's just say I'd trade me good eye and me good leg never to think about that again.

On to celebratin' I say. And what better way than to hop aboard the Ocean Voyager, "a five-part journey to defend our oceans" led by Cap'n Mother Jones, which has been focusing a good bit of editorial time on ocean issues these days. The idea is to sign up to receive an email once a week for five weeks -- and each email includes premium content from the magazine about the state of our ocean and ways you can help defend it. As me fellow blogmate (and Oceana CEO) Andrew Sharpless mentioned, the project focuses not on the work of just one organization, but rather points to the efforts of a number of organizations. And each week's episode (or destination on the voyage route, if we're using the official metaphor) also focuses on a different marine issue.