AREAC was the subject of an Excelsior feature on March 21, 2018, entitled "Brooklyn College in the Know: Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center," by Sandy Mui.
Brooklyn College Magazine (Spring 2009) has a feature article, "Fish and Other Aquatic Life Forms," about AREAC, and mentions Jennifer Basil, Brett Branco, Rob Dickie, John Marra and Martin Schreibman.
Sarah Simpson quotes John Marra in a cover story article, "Taming the Blue Frontier," in Conservation Magazine 10.2 (April–May 2009), about the prospects for mariculture.
John Marra is profiled in the CUNY Research Foundation 2008 Annual Report.
John Marra is quoted in an article that appeared in the March 2008 issue of Scientific American entitled "The Bluefin in Peril," by Richard Ellis.