Photos: Juan R. Tricoche
Staff Photographer, DOC

Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton delivers keynote remarks to kick off Capitol Hill Oceans Week 2005.

Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Director Dan Basta, 2003 NMSF Leadership Award recipient Congressman James Saxton, and NMSF trustees Jean-Michel Cousteau and Bob Ballard.

Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. moderates Predicating and Preparing Natural Disasters panel on the first day of Capitol Hill Oceans Week 2005.

Louisiana Senator Mary L. Landrieu delivers the morning keynote, June 8th, kicking off the panel discussion Restoring Our Nations Wetlands.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Executive Director John Berry moderates the panel discussion on efforts to restore critical wetlands habitat.

U.S. EPA Office of Water Assistant Administrator Ben Grumbles participates as a panelist on Restoring Our Nation's Wetlands.

Capitol Hill Oceans Week is made possible in part due to the support of federal partners, such as the U.S. Interior Department, Minerals Management Service, which participated in the Oceans Exhibit Fair on June 8th.

North Pacific Research Board Executive Director Dr. Clarence Pautzke provides an update during the Census of Marine Life luncheon panel on June 8th.

The Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE) participated as both a sponsor and exhibitor during the Capitol Hill Oceans Week 2005.

18 exhibitors participated in the Oceans Exhibits Fair featuring exhibits focused on ocean and coastal resources.

NOAA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere Tim Keeney opens the panel discussion on aquaculture.

Vice President of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Mike Sutton participates as a panelist for Feeding the Nation: the Aquaculture Alternative.

Texas A&M University Professor Delbert Gatlin, with the Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, discusses advances in feeding marine fish to ensure sustainable seafood production.

House Oceans Caucus Co-Chair Congressman Sherwood Boehlert provides remarks during the OAR Roundtable Breakfast the morning of June 9th.

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Dr. James Mahoney discusses NOAA’s five-year research plan and gives insights into exciting scientific research now and for the future.

House Oceans Caucus Co-Chair Congressman Tom Allen provides keynote remarks to open the Oceans and Human Health: A Prescription for the Future panel June 9th.

Kathleen Frith, Director of Communications at the Center for Health and the Global Environment of Harvard Medical School, discusses connections between human health and healthy oceans.

NMSF Trustee Bob Talbot, Filmmaker Mark Shelley, House Oceans Caucus Co-Chair Congressman Sam Farr, Filmmaker Frank Capra, Jr., and British Virgin Islands Tourist Board Director Kedrick Malone.

House Oceans Caucus Co-Chair Congressman Sam Farr addresses attendees for the Filmmakers Forum Luncheon on June 9th.

House Oceans Caucus Co-Chair Congressman Jay Inslee gives keynote remarks for the final session Moving America: Ensuring Safe Marine Transportation.

The U.S. Transportation Department’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy Tyler Duval discusses measures to increase safe marine transportation.