Give you three quesses whom these folks are and the first two don't count.
...Only a few months ago, the world population reached six billion people for the first time. And we expect that population to grow to more than nine billion in the next 30 years. Our coastal populations are growing more rapidly than the interior: in the U.S., 3,600 people move to the coast each day. We would need the equivalent of two Earths to provide the projected population with the amount of resources currently consumed by U.S. and European societies.
I have heard many reasons for the ocean's importance in the talkstoday. In order to lay the basis for a coordinated federal ocean policy designed to govern and sustain our ocean resources, the Clinton/Gore Administration held a groundbreaking National Ocean Conference in 1998. It was the first of its kind, and introduced a sense of commitment and community among the many stakeholders who share the responsibility of sustaining ocean resources. Fishers, farmers, teachers, and coastal, corporate, scientific and government leaders all seized the opportunity to develop ideas on the theme: Oceans of Commerce, Oceans of Life....
