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My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.

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When I first ventured into the Gulf of Mexico in the 1950s, the sea appeared to be a blue infinity too large, too wild to be harmed by anything that people could do.
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There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There’s still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.
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I would love to slip into the skin of a fish and know what it’s like to be one. They have senses that I can only dream about.
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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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Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
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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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Is a slow but accelerating impact with consequences that will greatly overshadow all the oil spills put together. The warming trend that is CO2-related will overshadow all the oil spills that have ever occurred put together.
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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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When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.
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They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.
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Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you’re lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you’re in a healthy ocean.
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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 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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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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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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I personally have stopped eating seafood.
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