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 EARLEThe ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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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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There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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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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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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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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Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
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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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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 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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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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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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I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is, how important it is to get acquainted with fish swimming in the ocean, rather than just swimming with lemon slices and butter.
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