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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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As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as the ultimate place to dispose of anything.
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Anything Attitude Away Big Child Could Dispose Held Ocean Place Resilient Sea Ultimate Use Widely
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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Attention Attract Between Economy Environment Green Health Issue Last Security Serious
Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.
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Away Far Greatest Ignorance Ocean Ourselves Sometimes Threat
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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Against Amount Conerm Consumption Destructive Extract Fish Human Industrial Large Modest Ocean Onglining Practices Really Scale Trawling Wildlife
Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs to the ocean, even without major spills.
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Account Appetite Corporate Cost Encourage Fossil Fuel Major Mandate Maximize Ocean Shareholder Spill Value
If you think the ocean isn’t important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
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Earth Imagine Important IT Ocean Think Without
By 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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Century Creature Depleted End Gulf Large Many Million Ninty Other Overfishing Percent Prospered Shark Tuttle Whale Year
Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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Always Anything Come Creature Doorstep Found Injured Somebody Unusual
Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.
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Few Land Mature Meat One Plant Pound Produce Quickly Rear Relatively Take
Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the past, assess the present and imagine the future.
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Ability Around Creature Deep Dive Fly Globe High Human Instant Message Onky Sea Sly
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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Actual Daytime Die Fish Lot Love Night See
Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the future of the sea, for the creatures there, and for us, protecting special critical areas in the ocean.
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Behaviour Harm Have Just Modify Ocean Place Policy Power Put Way
Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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Every Go Home Into Ocean Sip Time
I personally have stopped eating seafood.
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Eat Have Personally Seafood Stop
We did not want, from garbage and nuclear wastes to sludge from sewage to entire ships that had reached the end of their useful life.
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Base End Garbage Life Nuclear Reach Sewage Ship Studge Useful Waste
Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative – don’t wait for someone else to ask you to act.
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Ask Capable Care Do Hold Initiative Mirror Really Take Up What Yourself

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