Editing Jacques Cousteau (section)

===1980–1990s===
From 1980 to 1981, he was a regular on the animal reality show ''[[Those Amazing Animals]]'', along with [[Burgess Meredith]], [[Priscilla Presley]], and [[Jim Stafford]].

[[File:Flying-saucer.jpg|thumb|270px|Cousteau's [[Diving Saucer]]]]
In 1980, Cousteau traveled to Canada to make two films on the [[Saint Lawrence River]] and the [[Great Lakes]], ''[[Cries from the Deep]]'' and ''St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea''.<ref name="Canada">{{cite web|url=http://blog.nfb.ca/2009/10/23/jacques-cousteau-in-canada/|title=When Cousteau Came to Canada|last=Ohayon|first=Albert|year=2009|work=NFB.ca|publisher=National Film Board of Canada|access-date=25 October 2009|archive-date=6 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706190601/http://blog.nfb.ca/2009/10/23/jacques-cousteau-in-canada/|url-status=live}}</ref>

From 1982 to 1984, Cousteau released a series of films on the Amazon with [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/25/arts/new-cable-fare-gets-double-exposure.html | title=New Cable Fare Gets Double Exposure | work=The New York Times | date=25 March 1984 | last1=Knoll | first1=Steve Knollby Steve }}</ref>

In 1985, he received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]]. He also released ''Cousteau/Mississippi'', which won a [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special|Outstanding Informational Special]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/cousteau-mississippi | title=Cousteau: Mississippi }}</ref>

From 1986 to 1992, Cousteau released ''Rediscovery of the World'', also with TBS.

On 24 November 1988, he was elected to the [[Académie française]], chair 17, succeeding [[Jean Delay]]. His official reception under the cupola took place on 22 June 1989, the response to his speech of reception being given by Bertrand Poirot-Delpech. After his death, he was replaced by [[Érik Orsenna]] on 28 May 1998.

In June 1990, the composer [[Jean Michel Jarre]] paid homage to the commander by entitling his new album ''[[Waiting for Cousteau]]''. He also composed the music for Cousteau's documentary "[[Palawan]], the last refuge".

On 2 December 1990, his wife, Simone Cousteau died of cancer. Six months later, in June 1991, in Paris, Jacques-Yves Cousteau remarried to Francine Triplet, with whom he had a relationship since the early 1980s and two children, Diane (born in 1980) and Pierre-Yves (born in 1982). Francine Cousteau currently continues her husband's work as the head of the Cousteau Foundation and Cousteau Society. From that point, the relations between Jacques-Yves and his elder son, who is 8 years older than Francine, worsened.

In November 1991, Cousteau gave an interview to the ''[[UNESCO Courier]]'', in which he stated that he was in favour of [[human population control]] and population decrease. Widely quoted on the Internet are these two paragraphs from the interview: "What should we do to eliminate suffering and disease? It's a wonderful idea but perhaps not altogether a beneficial one in the long run. If we try to implement it we may jeopardize the future of our species...It's terrible to have to say this. World population must be stabilized and to do that we must eliminate 350,000 people per day. This is so horrible to contemplate that we shouldn't even say it. But the general situation in which we are involved is lamentable".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9245762_ITM |title=Article: Jacques-Yves Cousteau. (Interview) &#124; AccessMyLibrary – Promoting library advocacy |publisher=AccessMyLibrary |date=1 November 1991 |access-date=10 November 2012 |archive-date=19 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019194456/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9245762_ITM |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1992, he was invited to [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil, for the United Nations' [[Earth Summit|International Conference on Environment and Development]], and then he became a regular consultant for the UN and the [[World Bank]].

In 1993, a brief biography, as well as an introduction by Cousteau was featured in interactive [[educational software]] program [[Undersea Adventure]], developed by former game developer [[JumpStart Games|Knowledge Adventure]].

In 1995, Cousteau became involved in a legal battle with his son [[Jean-Michel Cousteau|Jean-Michel]], who was advertising the "Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort" in the South Pacific, to prevent him from using the Cousteau name for business purposes in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/22/world/cousteau-s-son-blocked-from-using-name.html |date=22 December 1995 |title=Cousteau's Son Blocked From Using Name |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> This resulted in Jean-Michel Cousteau being ordered by the court to not encourage confusion between his for-profit business and his father's non-profit endeavours.

On 11 January 1996, ''Calypso'' was rammed and sunk in the port of Singapore by a [[barge]]. The ''Calypso'' was refloated and towed home to France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cousteau.org/legacy/vessels/calypso/|title=Calypso|access-date=13 April 2021|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413193503/https://www.cousteau.org/legacy/vessels/calypso/|url-status=live}}</ref>