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Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest advocates of ocean conservation? Because they’ve spent time in and around the ocean, and they’ve personally seen the beauty.

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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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Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the past, assess the present and imagine the future.
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Nearly all of the major kinds of life, divisions of life, phyla of animals, occur in the sea. Only about half of them can make it to land or freshwater.
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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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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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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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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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’m friends with James Cameron. We’ve spent time together over the years because he is a diver and explorer and in his heart of hearts a biologist. We run into each other at scientific conferences.
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You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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Nothing has prepared sharks, squid, krill and other sea creatures for industrial-scale extraction that destroys entire ecosystems while targeting a few species.
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No water, no life. No blue, no green.
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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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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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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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