Health To The Ocean Means Health For

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.

Ten Percent Of The Big Fish Still Remain. There Are Still Some Blue Whales. There Are Still Some Krill In Antarctica. 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.

Far And Away, The Greatest Threat To The Ocean, And Thus To Ourselves, Is Ignorance. But We Can Do Something About That.

I'm Haunted By The Thought Of What Ray Anderson Calls 'tomorrow's Child,' Asking Why We Didn't Do Something On Our Watch To Save Sharks And Bluefin Tuna And Squids And Coral Reefs And The Living Ocean While There Still Was Time. Well, Now Is That Time.

Protecting Vital Sources Of Renewal - Unscathed Marshes, Healthy Reefs, And Deep-sea Gardens - Will Provide Hope For The Future Of The Gulf, And For All Of Us.