Ocean Heroes
The Ocean Heroes Award was created by Oceana in 2009 to recognize an exceptional personal commitment to ocean conservation. The winners are announced on World Oceans Day, June 8, each year.
The 2011 adult Ocean Hero is Peter Wallerstein, the program director at Marine Animal Rescue, a project of Friends of Animals, where he has spent the last 25 years rescuing marine mammal in Los Angeles County. He has personally rescued 3,000 marine mammals throughout his career.
The 2011 Junior Ocean Hero is 8-year-old Sophi Bromenshenkel of Richfield, Minnesota, who has raised more than $3,500 for shark conservation by selling lemonade and hot chocolate, shark cookies and wristbands, and through email campaigns and local fliers. She has partnered with the University of Miami’s R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program, where her funds pay for satellite tags on sharks.
Learn more about the past Ocean Heroes and finalists, follow the heroes on our blog, and become an ocean hero yourself by pledging to protect the oceans.
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