Eco-Roundtable Oceans Section

The Oceans Group found that there are many organizations working on similar issues, and that collaborating on specific projects would be helpful. The topics discussed were:

• Reef fish protection
• Net patrol
• Reef clean-up
• Recycling of nets
• Education: non-point source pollution, ocean and endangered species, reef, marine debris
• Coral propagation
• Alga reef versus coral reef education
• Marketing campaign for oceanic conservation
• Monthly report on ocean issues in newspaper
• Confrontation in public--provoke inquiry
• Introduce environmental info into tourism (ex-in agricultural forms, airports, hotels, etc)
• Advertising education in entertainment
• Combine organizations to increase demographic awareness
• Monitor debris pick up and recording
• Ocean fair in high school
• Hands on experience to encourage awareness amongst high school students
• Fishery management: rehabilitate consumption of species, action plants, public education on overfishing
• Governmental sustainability restrictions