In Terms Of Personal Choices, Let's All

The Observations That Have Developed Over The Years Have Given Us Perspective About Where We Fit In. We Are Newcomers, Really Recent Arrivals On A Planet That Is Four And A Half Billion Years Old.

There Is Not A Well-funded Campaign Among Scientists To Say, "look, Here's The Evidence. You Can Read It Yourself. Here Are The Facts. We're Not Making This Up."

We Have Found Ways To Capture, Kill And Market Ocean Wildlife On An Unprecedented Scale. It's An Absolute Catastrophe.

Since I Began Exploring The Ocean In The 1950s, 90 Percent Of The Big Fish Have Been Stripped Away. Tuna, Sharks, Swordfish, Cod, Halibut, You Name It, The Numbers Have Just Collapsed. Also, About Half Of The Coral Reefs Are Gone, Globally, From Where They Were Just A Few Decades Ago.

Globally Sharks Have Been Killed For Their Fins, For Their Cartilage, For Their Livers, For Their Meat. But Mostly What Has Driven Some Species Of Sharks To Near Extinction - Including The Hammerhead Shark - Is The New Luxury Taste For Shark Fin Soup.