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.
SYLVIA EARLEI 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.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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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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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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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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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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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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Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
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Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica.
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Every fish fertilizes the water in a way that generates the plankton that ultimately leads back into the food chain, but also yields oxygen, grabs carbon – it’s a part of what makes the ocean function and what makes the planet function.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the ‘National Geographic’ covers a project, it communicates about plants and fish and underwater technology to more than 10 million people.
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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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