The Week of the Ocean

Ocean awareness and support lag behind the world´s increasing needs of food, water and energy. A national program of ocean awareness is critically needed. If such a program as Week of the Ocean were coordinated jointly by educators and their communities across the nation, knowledge of how to use the ocean´s bountiful resources wisely might be attained before the critical time of survival is faced by society. A successful awareness program will de- pend on educators for its initiation and the community for its support. The successful program will reach youth first at the preschool level and will continue education into adulthood.