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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.

Sylvia Earle

Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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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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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.
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We have taken the manatees out of the areas in the Caribbean and really elsewhere in the world, and this disruption to the system makes such systems vulnerable to changes as they come by, whether it’s in terms of disease or terms or global warming for that matter.
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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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Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
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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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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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Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more has been lost.
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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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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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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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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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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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You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
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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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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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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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