David Helvarg Executive Director of Blue Frontier Campaign reads a cartoon to paddlers before they started out on the river for the Inaugural March For The Ocean rally is held in Washington, D.C. Ocean advocate and paddler Margo Pellegrino, stands with Halvarg. The day started with an armada on the Potomac river with a group paddling along the river to join the March around the White House. Following the march a program included speakers Phillipe and Ashlan Cousteau among others. The rally was bringing attention to how people are working to protect the oceans and clean water.