Issues addressed ranged from climate change and water pollution to fisheries management. She said, "We manage oceans and coasts with the goal of having them be healthy, either keeping them healthy or returning them to a healthy state… there are over 140 different federal laws and regulations and each one is sort of implemented individually. So [the New Ocean Policy] says we need a more integrated approach."

Later in the interview she said, “It has also been my goal to end overfishing. That would be a major accomplishment and we are on track to do that. We are using some new, creative ways of empowering fishermen to make smart business decisions and be good conservations; think long term, not just the race to fish which is what has driven so much of the overfishing.” 

Watch the entire interview with Charlie Rose.