If You Think The Ocean Isn't Important,

We Must Protect Our Ocean As If Our Lives Depend Upon It, Because They Do.

It Isn't Too Late To Shift From The Swift, Sharp Decline Of Ocean Systems In Recent Decades To An Era Of Steady Recovery. There Is Time, And There Is A Growing Awareness, Which Is The Best Way To Counter Indifference. People Who Know Might Care.

We Have An Atmosphere That Is Roughly 21% Oxygen. The Rest Of It Is Largely Nitrogen. There's Just Enough Carbon Dioxide (co2) To Drive Photosynthesis. That Has Been, Throughout The History Of Our Species, Pretty Stable. Until Recently.

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

By The End Of The 20th Century, Up To 90 Percent Of The Sharks, Tuna, Swordfish, Marlins, Groupers, Turtles, Whales, And Many Other Large Creatures That Prospered In The Gulf For Millions Of Years Had Been Depleted By Overfishing.