I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise.
SYLVIA EARLEBy the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers, turtles, whales, and many other large creatures that prospered in the Gulf for millions of years had been depleted by overfishing.
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The Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, about double-hulled construction. A number of laws came into place.
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Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life.
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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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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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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My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over by a wave.
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Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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I love music of all kinds, but there’s no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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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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They are so beautiful, a pair is in the Museum of Modern Art. The set I have are ruby red. I call them my ruby flippers.
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I am not in any hurry to grow up.
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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class – which wasn’t such a bad deal.
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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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