Alexandra Cousteau to visit the Philippines to support sustainable fisheries reforms

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Manila, Philippines – Conservation advocate Alexandra Cousteau, senior adviser to Oceana, is visiting the Philippines from Aug. 29 to Sept. 11 to promote awareness on sustainable fisheries management and the global fight against illegal fishing practices.

Oceana senior adviser Alexandra Cousteau attends the Sea Change event in Laguna Beach, CA.
Oceana senior adviser Alexandra Cousteau attends the Sea Change event in Laguna Beach, CA.

The grandchild of renowned undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, Alexandra has closely followed in her father, Philippe, and grandfather’s footsteps and has been named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer for her films and advocacy on water issues.

During her visit, she will be meeting with national and local political authorities, environment officials, representatives from the academe, the youth, and most importantly, local communities who are the front-liners in the campaign to save and protect the oceans.

Cousteau will be exploring the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape, the country’s largest marine protected area, where Oceana is working to end illegal commercial fishing and ensure that artisanal fishers will benefit the most from their municipal waters.

She will be diving in Moalboal in Cebu, where the year-round presence of sardine shoals is one of the top attractions in the thriving tourism industry.

In Apo Island in Negros Oriental, she is expected to interact with community leaders, whose strong partnership with the government, private sector and civil society in protecting their rich marine resources has become a sterling model for protected areas.

A much sought after speaker, Cousteau will talk about Oceana’s global campaign, “Save the Oceans, Feed the World”, at the Silliman University in Dumaguete, and at the University of Cebu Banilad Campus in Cebu City.

One of the highlights of her visit is a diving trip to El Nido in Palawan, which Jacques Cousteau explored in his boat ‘Calypso’ in the early 1990s. Alexandra will be looking at the impact of climate change and illegal fishing practices in El Nido’s coral reefs and the livelihoods of the residents.

[Featured photo: Oceana senior adviser Alexandra Cousteau helps with the Remote Operating Vehicle. Little Belt, Denmark. Oceana Baltic Sea Expedition II onboard the Hanse Explorer. June 2012]

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