The sea is a sanctuary for all of us who sail. It is our place of adventure, our home away from home.
But two comprehensive studies — by the 2003 Pew Oceans Commission and the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy — have made it dramatically apparent that our beloved ocean is severely threatened. The three main threats are serious pollutants that degrade coastal ecosystems, a dramatic decline of fish stocks, and bureaucratic chaos in ocean management.
Unfortunately, government has often attempted to intervene without educating the public first. Before our society can address the threats to our nation's largest resource, someone has to sound the alarm.
Sailors need the ocean and the ocean needs sailors, so there is great incentive for us to educate ourselves and promote ocean awareness in others.
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