The ocean with us – The heart of the matter
Since first being thrown overboard by my father Jacques Yves Cousteau at the age of seven, I have felt compelled to explore the sea. We know more about the surface of the moon than we do about our own ocean. How can we protect what we don’t yet understand? This is what has made me want to continue to support the philosophy of my father through our efforts at the Ocean Futures Society. We have the knowledge and technology to recognize that humans are the biggest threat to our oceans. Overfishing, pollution, climate change, ocean acidification are all impacting the ocean. The ocean is our life support system. We need to stop harming it because what we do to the ocean we ultimately do to ourselves. It is ironic that the depletion of our ocean resources began accelerating at the same time we were donning dive masks and witnessing the richness of the ocean first hand over 50 years ago. Just as we started to appreciate the ecological role of individual marine species, we were improved our fishing technology and began taking marine life faster than it reproduce. We now understand how everything is connected. We now appreciate the need to set aside protected areas in the ocean, just as we…
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