As I am from Hawaiʻi, the ocean is part of my culture and who I am. My ancestors were great ocean explorers.
We can't care for something we don't understand. This is the purpose of why we explore and why we voyage.
We are a blue planet and an ocean world.
In order to take care of our ocean, we need to be knowledgeable.
Life on our planet is defined by the health of our ocean.
When people come together around common vision, they can accomplish great things. We need the instruments that pull our people together, not apart.