The ocean is like a checking account where everybody withdraws but nobody makes a deposit. This is what's happening because of overfishing. — 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… — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
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)
