Andy Sharpless

Andy Sharpless

Andy Sharpless is CEO of Oceana since 2003. Under his leadership, the Washington, D.C.-based organization has grown to become the largest international conservation group fully dedicated to protecting the oceans. Before joining Oceana, Sharpless helped launch Discovery.com and RealNetworks.

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Want to feed the world? First you need to save the oceans

Want to feed the world? First you need to save the oceans

almost 12 years ago // Contributor: Andy Sharpless

As the global population is expected to grow to 9 billion people by 2050, food security will become an even bigger problem than today. In a guest opinion, Oceana CEO Andy Sharpless shares his thoughts on a sustainable and long-term solution that would also help protect the environment — and our health.