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.
SYLVIA EARLEI 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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A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.
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Some experts look at global warming, increased world temperature, as the critical tipping point that is causing a crash in coral reef health around the world.
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Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
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And there’s no question that it is a factor, but it’s preceded by the loss of resilience and degradation.
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I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise.
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No water, no life. No blue, no green.
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Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
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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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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
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Green’ issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.
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I’ve had the joy of spending thousands of hours under the sea. I wish I could take people along to see what I see, and to know what I know.
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Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica.
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I would love to slip into the skin of a fish and know what it’s like to be one. They have senses that I can only dream about.
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We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
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