Ukudidiyelwa okuhlinzekwa wuhlelo olusha lwe-“Adopt an Ocean” manje kwakhela phezu kwesiko leminyaka eyishumi nantathu le-bipartisan lokuvikela amanzi azwelayo ekubhojweni okuyingozi ogwini kanye nokuphuma kwawo okunobuthi okujwayelekile kanye namandla ahambisana nawo okuchitheka kukawoyela okuyinhlekelele. I-Florida i-Gulf Coast ne-Panhandle ethandwayo, i-Arctic Ocean entekenteke yase-Alaska kanye ne-Bristol Bay ecebile nge-salmon, ugu oluyingqopha-mlando lwase-US Atlantic ukusuka e-Maine kuya e-Georgia, kanye nalo lonke ugu lwe-Pacific lungaphila njengoba silwazi ngezimpendulo ezigxilile nezakhayo ezicindezelayo zezombusazwe ezikhulayo. ukuthuthukiswa kwe-offshore petroleum esikhathini esizayo.
Umbono wethu uyaqhubeka nokwandisa i-National Outer Outer Continental Shelf Coalition ekunikezeni izwi elethembekile lempilo yethu yasolwandle, amachweba, namanzi asogwini, nokwazisa nokumela abasebenzisi abasimeme bezilwandle zethu ekuthuthukisweni kwenqubomgomo yomphakathi yokumba ogwini. Emuva kwenhlekelele yokuchitheka kukawoyela we-BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf yaseMexico yango-2010, kubalulekile ukuthi siqhubeke sinikeza abezindaba ulwazi olunembile, sihlakulele ukuqwashisa umphakathi okubanzi okusekelwe kusayensi yomsindo, futhi sikhuthaze izilwandle ezizinzile ezingaqhubeka zizuzisa izwe lethu. umnotho futhi sicebise izimpilo zethu ngaphandle kokubeka imvelo yethu yasolwandle engcupheni ngokungadingekile. Sikumema ukuthi uhlanganyele nathi kulolu hambo oluyingqopha-mlando ngokuthatha isinqumo sokwamukela i-Ocean ngokwakho.