June 4-6, 2002
Washington, D.C.

Jean-Michel Cousteau, president of Ocean Futures Society served as a panelist and keynote speaker at the Capitol Hill Oceans Week 2002, which took place June 4-6 in Washington, D.C. The event was designed to provide a substantive focus on key ocean issues. It included a full day each on the following topics: Connecting the WOW! (Wonders of the Ocean World): Creating an Ocean Literate Society' and 'Coral Reefs at Risk: Challenges and Solutions.'

Capitol Hill Oceans Week is coordinated by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation in partnership with the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere and Fisheries and the U.S. House Oceans Caucus, and co-sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute, the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, the Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the National Ocean Industries Association, Oceana/American Oceans Campaign, Ocean Futures Society, the Sea Grant Association, the Walt Disney Company and various federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of the Interior, the Department of State and the US Agency for International Development.

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CORAL REEFS AT RISK: CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS

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CONNECTING THE WOW! (WONDERS OF THE OCEAN WORLD):
CREATING AN OCEAN LITERATE SOCIETY