It is an international day that
takes place annually on 8 June.
The concept was originally proposed
in 1992 by Canada's International
Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD)
and the Ocean Institute of Canada
(OIC) at the Earth Summit – UN
Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED) in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
World Oceans Day was officially
recognised by the United Nations in
2008.