Jean-Michel Cousteau receives first-ever Ocean Hero Award presented by actor-environmentalist Ted Danson, at the Oceana Partners Awards Gala, December 3, 2003. Photo courtesy of Oceana

Responding to his father's call to 'carry forward the flame of his faith,' Jean-Michel's Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society, a non-profit marine conservation and education organization, serves as a 'Voice for the Ocean' by fostering a conservation ethic, conducting research, and developing marine education programs.

2003 – Recipient of the first-ever “Ocean Hero” Award from Oceana

2003 – Induction into the International SCUBA Diving Hall of Fame

2003 – Member, U.S. Oceans Commission

2002 – Designated first-ever representative for the Environment, 2001 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City, Utah

2001 - Explorer's Club Lowell Thomas Award recipient

1998 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Hero Award recipient, presented by Vice President Al Gore during the National Oceans Conference

1996 - SeaKeepers Award from Showboats International

1996 - John M. Olguin Marine Environment Award from the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

1994 - DEMA's 1994 Reaching Out Award recipient

1993 - NOGI Award for Science from the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences

1991 - 1991 - Cable Ace Award recipient, "To Fly in Freedom"

1990 - First recipient of the PADI Environmental Awareness Award, Seaspace Film Festival, Houston

1989 – Palmeres des 7 d’Or (French Emmy Award) for Best Documentary, Cousteau’s Rediscovery of the World

1985 - Emmy Award recipient for Cousteau/Mississippi

1984 - Peabody Award recipient Cousteau/Amazon

1976 - Pepperdine University honorary doctorate in Humane Letters

Green Cross International board member

National Marine Sanctuary Foundation board member

SeaKeepers International board member

Athens Environmental Foundation (AEF) board member

Heal the Ocean board member

Big Sur Land Trust board member