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Karen Wristen and other org leads in Ottawa
June 4, 2026

Oceans Update - June 2026

The very first World Oceans Day was declared on June 8, 1992, at the urging of the Canadian delegation to the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio. It didn’t become an official UN day until 2008 and it took some campaigning to have it recognized. Whether we call this the 34th or the 18th anniversary, ocean conservation groups worldwide have celebrated June 8 throughout that time as a day to draw attention to all that the ocean gives us. 

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