Cousteau visits PH to boost fisheries reform

Ofrom CEAN conservation advocate Alexandra Cousteau, senior adviser to Oceana, is visiting the Philippines August 29 to September 11 to pro- 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 her grandfather Jacques Cousteau explored in his boat ‘Calypso’ in the early 1990s. Alexandra will also look at the impact practices in El Nido’s coral reefs and the livelihoods of the residents. Alexandra Cousteau, the grandchild of renowned undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau