What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don't see in the daytime. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Every fish fertilizes the water in a way that generates the plankton that ultimately leads back into the food chain, but also… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is, how important it is to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Since I began exploring the ocean in the 1950s, 90 percent of the big fish have been stripped away. Tuna, sharks, swordfish,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Globally sharks have been killed for their fins, for their cartilage, for their livers, for their meat. But mostly what has driven… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The value of sharks' lives is now widely understood to be more important than their value as products. And when you have… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you're in a healthy ocean.… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I would love to slip into the skin of a fish and know what it's like to be one. They have senses… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Places change over time with or without oil spills, but humans are responsible for the Deepwater Horizon gusher - and humans, as… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the 'National Geographic' covers a project, it communicates about plants… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I want to get out in the water. I want to see fish, real fish, not fish in a laboratory. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The concept of 'peak oil' has penetrated the hearts and minds of people concerned about energy for the future. 'Peak fish' occurred… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Fish from all over the world, from deep in the sea, wind up in countries from Germany to Japan. That is just… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We still have 10 percent of the sharks. We still have half of the coral reefs. However, if we wait another 50 years, opportunities… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Evolution is not something to be feared. It's to be celebrated, embraced, and understood. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We are depleting this immense diversity and abundance of life, and it matters tremendously for the future of the planet. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
My mother was known as the 'bird lady' of the neighborhood. Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
There is this sweet spot in time when we have an opportunity to stop killing sharks and tunas and swordfish and other wildlife in… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.' — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
With respect to the ocean being the heart of our blue planet: We are often asked, 'How much protection is enough?' We can only… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The ocean seemed like a sea of Eden. But now we are facing paradise lost. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
When you think about the real cost of so-called cheap energy that has driven our prosperity to unprecedented levels, for some of us, to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
