In 2021, we received 197 entries from artists located in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, and Wisconsin. Both the subject-matter and titles were created by the artists.
Below are this year's winners and honorable mentions of the Marine Endangered Species Art Contest.
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Winners
Grades K-2
Dagny T., grade 2, CA, "Keep the Sea Free of Debris"
Grades 3-5
Addison J., grade 4, MA, "Right Whale Entanglement"
Grades 6-8
Noah C., grade 6, IL,"I Can't Breathe"
Grades 9-12
Aurora N., grade 9, MD, "A Message from the Sea"
Sculpture Winners
Grades K-2
Michael G., grade 2, OH, "The Blue Whale Adventure"
Grades 3-5
Jaylin F., grade 4, MA, "Sperm Whale"
Grades 6-8
Margaret C., grade 7, NH, "Mutualistic Relationship, Oceanic White Tip Shark and Pilot Fish"
Honorable Mention
Noelle C., grade 2, IL, " Just Keep Swimming Despite"
Ayansh M., grade K, FL, "Endangered shortnose sturgeon"
Maks I., grade 1, MA, "Big Ocean"
Claire P., grade 4, AZ, "The RunAway Turtle"
Rose M., grade 5, MA, "Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle"
Mia D., grade 4, MA, "Giant Manta Ray"
Namya B., grade 7, MA, "Lucky"
Smithi G., grade 8, TX, "Fins are for Swimming"
Sruthi G., grade 8, TX, "Swim 'A-whale'"
Grace D., grade 11, MD, "Protect the Shortnose Sturgeon"
Lexi H., grade 10, MA, Atlantic Salmon
Madelaine P., grade 10, WI, "The Black and White Tide"
Cruz D., grade 2, MA "Whale"
Selvalakshmi S., grade 2, MO, "Fishing sea creatures"
Liam C., grade K, IL, "Where the Ocean’s Trash Comes from?"
Grace H., grade 4, MA, "Green Sea Turtle"
Emma H., grade 5, AZ, "A turtle's first step"
Noel A., grade 5, MA, "White Tip Shark"
Charlie L., grade 6, MA, "North Atlantic Right Whale"
Nicola C., grade 7, MA, "Loggerhead Sea Turtles"
NOAA Fisheries Kids Winners
This year, we also invited the kids of NOAA Fisheries staff to participate in their own separate contest. Here are the winners.
Grades K-2
Abby G., grade 2, Sperm Whale
Grades 3-5
Emika S., grade 4, "Save the Marine Endangered Species from Entanglement"
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North Atlantic right whale Horton and newborn calf. Credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #26919.
An oceanic whitetip shark swims near the surface of the water. Photo courtesy of John Carlson.
Right whale #3853 swimming north offshore of South Carolina on Jan. 20, 2011 with a series of fresh propeller wounds running across its back. The whale was observed 5 days previously offshore of Georgia without propeller wounds. It is unknown whether the whale survived its wounds or not, as it has not been re-sighted since. Vessel collisions are a leading cause of right whale mortality. Credit: EcoHealth Alliance (NOAA permit #594-1759).
North Atlantic right whale Catalog #3560 ‘Snow Cone’ sighted December 2, 2021 entangled and with a new calf. Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission taken under NOAA permit 20556.