Enric Sala

When I was six, all I dreamt about was becoming a diver on Jacques Cousteau's boat, the famous Calypso.

— Enric Sala

In the Mediterranean of my childhood, there were no large groupers, sharks, or whales. All I saw was seaweed and a few…

— Enric Sala

I was studying the impacts of fishing on ocean life, while the places that I loved so much continued to decline: less…

— Enric Sala

What better way to learn about life in the ocean--and how we are changing it--than through stories of blind zombie worms, immortal…

— Enric Sala

A marine ecologist is a scientist who studies the many species that live underwater and how they interact with each other and…

— Enric Sala

Most of the reefs [around Christmas Island] are dead, most of the corals are dead, overgrown by algae, and most of the…

— Enric Sala

The seas need their own Kyoto Protocol.

— Enric Sala

Sometimes I think I don't need a vacation because I do what I like to do. I am very fortunate!

— Enric Sala

When I was a kid, Jacques Cousteau was my hero and the person who inspired me to become an underwater explorer. I…

— Enric Sala

What we have now - a world without [marine] reserves - is like a debit account where we withdraw all the time…

— Enric Sala

Fish banks are areas we set aside without fishing, reserves where we allow marine life to come back.

— Enric Sala

I have touched coral, and it feels hard like a rock, with a little slimy thing on top of it. But it…

— Enric Sala

I dream of diving in two places where I have not been yet. One is Antarctica, because of its crystal clear waters…

— Enric Sala

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

The Ocean Health Index is like the thermometer of the ocean. It will allow us to take the temperature to know what…

— Enric Sala