"(What is the single most important thing we can do for the oceans today?) Right now a disproportionate bite out of the ocean is being taken by a relatively small number of countries doing industrial fishing. We’ve got to get over this idea that wildlife from the ocean is essential for our food security. What we now are beginning to understand is the high cost of eating fish. What does it take to make a pound of tuna? A lot of halibut or cod. What makes the halibut? Smaller fish. What do they eat? Krill. Krill eat phytoplankton, zooplankton. Over the years thousands of pounds of phytoplankton make a single pound of tuna. So that tuna is expensive in terms of the carbon that it has captured. The more fish we take out of the sea, the more carbon dioxide gets released into the atmosphere."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sylvia_Earle
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle (born 1935) is an American marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer. Since 1998 she has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence. Earle was the first woman to be appointed chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and was named by Time Magazine as its first Hero for the Planet in 1998.
79 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Sylvia Earle →
Related Quotes
"People ask: Why should I care about the ocean? Because the ocean is the cornerstone of earth's life support system, i…"
"The next time you dine on sushi -- or sashimi, or swordfish steak, or shrimp cocktail, whatever wildlife you happen t…"
"I hope Jill Tarter's wish to engage Earthlings includes dolphins and whales and other sea creatures in this quest to …"
"The ocean is, in effect, our life-support system, driving and weather, governing the , stabilizing , generating most …"
"The ocean is large and resilient, but it is not too big to fail. What we are taking out of the sea, what we are putti…"
"No ocean, no life. No blue, no green. No ocean, no us."
"Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior i…"
"“Green" issues make headlines these days, but many seem unaware that without the "blue" there could be no green, no l…"
"Only here in this part of the universe, on Earth, is there known to be a place naturally blessed with abundant, liqui…"
"Despite clear evidence that ocean ecosystems are collapsing and fish populations can not sustain commercial taking, h…"