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Article: BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS & JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU FORM PARTNERSHIP.
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- May 23, 2003
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TORTOLA, May 23 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ ---
In a historic moment for this small Territory that is home to just over twenty-thousand people spread across forty islands, the Honourable Ralph T. O'Neal, Chief Minister and Minister of Tourism, signed a partnership agreement with Jean-Michel Cousteau, marine advocate, founder of Ocean Futures Society and son of the legendary Jacques Cousteau.
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The partnership seeks to develop awareness of the uniqueness of the BVI's marine world, which is spread over fifty-nine square miles (153 kilometres) and to help launch a world-class marine centre at the ...