Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
SYLVIA EARLESharks are beautiful animals, and if you’re lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you’re in a healthy ocean.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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Places change over time with or without oil spills, but humans are responsible for the Deepwater Horizon gusher – and humans, as well as the corals, fish and other creatures, are suffering the consequences.
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It’s mainly the high-end luxury market now that drives much of the fishing in the sea. It’s not feeding the starving millions. It’s feeding a luxury market.
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People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity.
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The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder.
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Forty percent of the United States drains into the Mississippi. It’s agriculture. It’s golf courses. It’s domestic runoff from our lawns and roads. Ultimately, where does it go? Downstream into the gulf.
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.
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With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea.
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We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of fish. They’re very efficient.
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I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind.
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It’s akin to using a bulldozer to catch a butterfly, destroying a whole ecosystem for the sake of a few pounds of protein. We wouldn’t do this on land, so why do it in the oceans?
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There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are others, and I count myself among them, who think that once they are in place they begin to be adopted by life in the ocean as a habitat.
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If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.
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