The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
SYLVIA EARLEWhat we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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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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No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
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Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, and the realm that makes their lives possible literally melts away.
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We wouldn’t be able to survive. We would have a hard time surviving if we were transported to the time when dinosaurs were around.
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In terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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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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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It’s not just a cost to the people who live there. It’s a cost to all people everywhere.
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We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.
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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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Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
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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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