as the son of the legendary jacques cousteau he was drawn to the ocean at tan early age. >> i would take my bag and i would go to the coastline, almost everyday, on my way to school. and one of the things i wanted to do was to catch octopus. >> he's dedicated his life to educating the world in particularly children about the importance of the sea. coustea partners with earth's youngest generation. teaching them to create the kind of positive relationship with the planet, he says we need to survive >> i look at kids in the eyes, if i'm a little bit concerned, and i said i will never, never let you down. >> as a diplomat for the environment, cousteau works to convince policy makers in corporations, that they must commit to pursuing alternative forms of energy. >> enough is enough... we need change... >> he's also collaborated with n.a.s.a. >> for me, there is one system... >> and represented earth at the olympics. >> my dreams are coming true (laughs).... >> and he plans to keep on diving.... >> until i get to be 107... >> i spoke to jean michel cousteau in santa barbara california where h

remember back in the 1950s, the films of jacques cousteau and later his tv series who made him a family standard. now his son. something else was on his mind. >> jean michel, how bad -- >> what's troubling jean michel cousteau is santa barbara's worst oil spill in 50 years. a pipeline ruptured and dumped oil oant beaches. >> what on the beaches. >> what is the residual? >> it's long long term ultimately it's affecting all marine lives crab, shrimp lobster, fish it's not going to be over in decades. like the gulf of mexico, we're finding shrimp that have no eyes, crabs that have no claws. you are dealing with animals like dolphin that the have given birth into the oil. >> so the idea of a cleanup is really a misnomer. there is no cleanup. >> you have to do it but that means it's a solution. >> the problem doesn't go away? >> handily. >> it doesn't go away. >> it's affecting life, plants and animals. >> nonetheless cousteau believes in crisis lies opportunity. every time things like this happen, it's a chance to change minds inside the big oil companies. faced with the prospect of paying

. >> lisa fletcher with the son of jacques cousteau, sending a strong message. >> it's affecting all marine life, crab, shrimp, lobster and fish. it's not going to be over for decades.

. >> lisa fletcher with the son of jacques cousteau, sending a strong message. >> it's affecting all marine life, crab, shrimp, lobster and fish. it's not going to be over for decades. >> also tonight, behind the crime scene tape. baltimore's vicious spike in violence and the victims aren't always who you might assume. >> if he was out in the street

marine biologist jacques cousteau once called the region "the world's aquarium." feliciano: we depend on the island, my wife, my son and i, my whole family. it's a cornucopia, this island. there's good and bad, just like in real life. but we live with it, so we have to protect it. reporter: the fishermen come him!!!! from the mainland, more kilometres away. sometimes they spend the night on the island. feliciano: because of commercial trawling, and, of course, our small boats, fishing is getting more difficult. we used to have two or three nets. now we bring along five. reporter: the island is of volcanic origin. it's been an official nature reserve for fifteen years. its biodiversity is known far beyond mexico's borders. tens of thousands of marine birds live here, on a single square kilometer. researchers from the german sustainable development organisation, giz, together with mexico's national park authority, now want to protect the waters around the island as well. jorge: there's a wealth of fish species from the entire region here. that's because currents fro

as the son of the legendary jacques cousteau he was drawn to the ocean at tan early age. >> i would take my bag and i would go to the coastline, almost everyday, on my way to school.

. >> lisa fletcher with the son of jacques cousteau, sending a strong message. >> it's affecting all marine life crab, shrimp,