March 4, 2010 5:34 PM
National Geographic screened its new documentary Shark Island in San Jose, Costa Rica, this week. President-elect Laura Chinchilla, her cabinet, and 350 guests lined up to watch the world premiere of the film, which reveals the underwater beauty of Cocos Island—300 miles off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast—and the threats to the protected waters surrounding it.
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President Obama is grabbing the bull by the horns (and the fisheries by their quotas) and taking action on the ocean. The President swiftly responded to a request by the Joint Oceans Commission (JOC) to revise United States ocean policy.
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