Michael Jones

President, The Maritime Alliance, San Diego

We in California should take it upon ourselves both because it’s the right thing to do to promote science-based ocean industries, and it’s also the right thing to do for jobs for us and for our children.

Michael Jones believes that floating desalination plants make perfect sense. As the Director of the Maritime Alliance in San Diego, Jones aims to develop blue jobs by promoting sustainable, science-based ocean industries. The Maritime Alliance primarily achieves this through outreach to publicize the maritime technology industry regionally, nationally and internationally in a collaborative manner.

Jones earned a B.A. from the University of Arizona and an M.A. from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

Michael Jones's Simple Shift

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I eat fish and I believe that aquaculture is one of the solutions for the world. I don't believe we can create enough protein without it.

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Blue Economy

The ocean’s health is like someone who is middle-aged and has had too many burgers and smokes, according to Smithsonian Institution scientist Mary Hagedorn.

That’s not a stellar assessment if you like breathing – oceans produce about 50 percent of the oxygen on the planet.

At Climate One’s first off-site event in Monterey, experts discussed the impacts of global warming and how California could embrace an emerging blue technology industry.