Billions Quote by John M. McHugh

Overfishing, global warming and pollution are destroying the ocean.

— Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

The tragedy is that there is so much more incentive - money - to destroy the ecology than there is to preserve it.

— Paul Watson

There's money to be made by driving a species extinct.

— Paul Watson

When our natural habitats become overrun by species that are not native to these areas, they can damage the environment, pose health risks, and…

— Elise Stefanik

Fishing is taking a huge toll on the planet's ecosystem.

— Sharon Gannon

We have found ways to capture, kill and market ocean wildlife on an unprecedented scale. It's an absolute catastrophe.

— Sylvia Earle

While many alien species are harmless, others pose expensive threats to seas and fields and forests.

— Nancy Gibbs

“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

Clean air and clean ocean, you can't translate that into money if you look at the cost to health, cost to fishery industry.

— Severn Cullis-Suzuki

Economic desperation often drives wildlife destruction like poaching or illegal logging. But trade can help create powerful financial incentives for communities to preserve the…

— Arancha Gonzalez

Today, our incentives aren't set up well - you can make a lot of money burning fossil fuels, digging up wetlands, pumping fossil water…

— Ramez Naam

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