By
Terry Orr
According to Wikipedia - World Oceans Day is an
opportunity every year to honor the world's oceans, celebrate the products the
ocean provides such as seafood as well as marine life itself for aquariums,
pets, and also a time to appreciate its own intrinsic value. The ocean also
provides sea-lanes for international trade. Global pollution and
over-consumption of fish have resulted in drastically dwindling population of
the majority of species.
The Ocean Project, working in partnership with the
World Ocean Network, has been promoting WOD since 2003 with its network of over
1,600 organizations and others throughout the world. These groups have been
working to build greater awareness of the crucial role of the ocean in our
lives and the important ways people can help. World Oceans Day provides an
opportunity to get directly involved in protecting our future, through a new
mindset and personal and community action and involvement – beach cleanups,
educational programs, art contests, film festivals, sustainable seafood events,
and other planned activities help to raise consciousness of how our lives
depend on the oceans.
The World Oceans Day 2013 & 2014 theme is:
Together
we have the power to protect the ocean
Just remember – without it
– there is no life.
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