Nchikota nke oru ohuru "Adopt an Ocean" na-ewulite ugbu a n'ọdịnala nke afọ iri atọ nke ichebe mmiri dị nro site na mkpọpu mmiri nke dị ize ndụ na mwepu nsị ya na-aga n'ihu na nsonye ikike nke nnukwu mwụfu mmanụ. Gulf Coast nke Florida hụrụ n'anya na Panhandle, Oké Osimiri Arctic na-esighị ike nke Alaska na Bristol Bay bara ọgaranya, ọmarịcha ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri US Atlantic site na Maine ruo Georgia, na Oke Osimiri Pasifik niile nwere ike ịlanarị dịka anyị maara ha site na nzaghachi lekwasịrị anya ma na-ewuli elu maka nrụgide ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na-abawanye. mmepe mmanụ ala dị n'ụsọ mmiri n'ọdịnihu.
Ọhụụ anyị na-aga n'ihu na-agbasawanye National Outer Continental Shelf Coalition ugbu a n'inye olu ntụkwasị obi maka ndụ mmiri anyị, estuaries, na mmiri dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri, na ịkọrọ na ịnọchite anya ndị ọrụ na-adịgide adịgide nke oke osimiri anyị na mmepe nke amụma ịgba mmiri n'ụsọ osimiri. N'ihe na-adịte aka mgbe 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Ọwara Oké Osimiri Mexico, ọ dị mkpa ka anyị nọgide na-enye mgbasa ozi ozi ziri ezi, na-azụlite nghọta ọha na eze dabere na sayensị dị mma, na ịkwado maka oke osimiri na-adigide nke nwere ike ịga n'ihu na-erite uru anyị. akụ na ụba ma mee ka ndụ anyị baa ọgaranya n'etinyeghị ihe ndị dị ndụ n'oké osimiri anyị n'ihe egwu na-enweghị isi. Anyị na-akpọ gị òkù ka ị sonyere anyị n'ime njem akụkọ ihe mere eme a site n'ikpebi ịmebe oke osimiri nke gị.