The Ocean Health Index is like the thermometer of the ocean. It will allow us to take the temperature to know what is going on at the global level, trying to integrate different impacts, including overfishing, invasive species, coastal development,… — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
When I was six, all I dreamt about was becoming a diver on Jacques Cousteau's boat, the famous Calypso. — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
In the Mediterranean of my childhood, there were no large groupers, sharks, or whales. All I saw was seaweed and a few fish, smaller… — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
I was studying the impacts of fishing on ocean life, while the places that I loved so much continued to decline: less and smaller fish, less corals, and more microbes. I found myself writing the obituary of nature with increasing precision. Unsatisfied and frustrated, I felt like a doctor telling the patient how she is going to die, with excruciating… — Enric Sala Copy Share
What better way to learn about life in the ocean--and how we are changing it--than through stories of blind zombie worms, immortal jellyfish, and… — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
A marine ecologist is a scientist who studies the many species that live underwater and how they interact with each other and with humans. — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
Most of the reefs [around Christmas Island] are dead, most of the corals are dead, overgrown by algae, and most of the fish are… — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think I don't need a vacation because I do what I like to do. I am very fortunate! — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, Jacques Cousteau was my hero and the person who inspired me to become an underwater explorer. I have many… — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
What we have now - a world without [marine] reserves - is like a debit account where we withdraw all the time and we… — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
Fish banks are areas we set aside without fishing, reserves where we allow marine life to come back. — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
I have touched coral, and it feels hard like a rock, with a little slimy thing on top of it. But it is better… — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
![“Most of the reefs [around Christmas Island] are dead, most of the corals are dead, overgrown by algae, and most of the fish are smaller than the pencils we use to count them.” quote by Enric Sala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/52e/enric-sala-33009_algae_most-of-the-reefs-around-christmas-islan_581199.jpg)
![“What we have now - a world without [marine] reserves - is like a debit account where we withdraw all the time and we never make any deposit. Reserves are like savings accounts.” quote by Enric Sala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc6/enric-sala-33009_accounts_what-we-have-now-a-world-without-marine_1184906.jpg)
