Ocean Literacy Research Articles

Ocean Literacy is Key to Preserving Our Oceans and Coasts

The article reviews the effect of both the U.S. Commission of Ocean Policy and the Pew Commission reports on our understanding of the degrading condition of our oceans. It lists the following four goals in contributing to an 'ocean-literate' America: to invest in higher education in science and technology fields relevant to the oceans; to develop an ocean workforce and train individuals for productive ocean related careers; to build a solid framework for above goals by integrating ocean studies into elementary and secondary school programs; and to establish nationwide public outreach program and innovative education programs at museums, aquaria, science centers and other informal education sites.