I have come up at the end of a dive, and the boat was not where I left it. I had to take care of a buddy who did panic. But I was confident the boat would come back.
SYLVIA EARLEI personally have stopped eating seafood.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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On a sea floor that looks like a sandy mud bottom, that at first glance might appear to be sand and mud, when you look closely and sit there as I do for a while and just wait, all sorts of creatures show themselves, with little heads popping out of the sand. It is a metropolis.
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I’m not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial fishing that engages in destructive practices like trawling and longlining.
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To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It’s not just a cost to the people who live there. It’s a cost to all people everywhere.
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A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.
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No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
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I’m friends with James Cameron. We’ve spent time together over the years because he is a diver and explorer and in his heart of hearts a biologist. We run into each other at scientific conferences.
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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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The concept of ‘peak oil’ has penetrated the hearts and minds of people concerned about energy for the future. ‘Peak fish’ occurred around the end of the 1980s.
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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
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For heaven’s sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see.
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They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.
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We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.
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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don’t see in the daytime.
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