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There is a lack of economic and political motivation to defend life in the oceans. The profit is made by companies exploiting the oceans…

— Paul Watson

“The planet may never recover from the environmental devastation wrought by commercial fishing. It seems that our oceans, once thought to hold an endless…

— Hope Bohanec

The oceans are a way of life. We fish; we sail; we have a robust marine economy.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

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

You wouldn't think you could kill an ocean, would you? But we'll do it one day. That's how negligent we are.

— Ian Rankin

We never see any journalism or documentaries on the oceans and what we're doing on this Earth and how it affects the oceans and…

— Ed Schultz

Overfishing, global warming and pollution are destroying the ocean.

— Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

For too long we have placed an irrational burden upon our oceans by demanding only a narrow selection of species, which has led to…

— Barton Seaver

We need to do a better job of keeping oceans healthy.

— Sigourney Weaver

There's a lot to be said about what's happening to our ocean, big companies polluting it with their oil and all the raw garbage…

— Lloyd Bridges

Even our rules and regulations, our laws, our policies, favor the destructive nature of taking too much from the ocean and using techniques that…

— Sylvia Earle

Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat of the United States of…

— Ian Somerhalder