“In the Mediterranean of my childhood, there were no large groupers, sharks, or whales. All I saw was seaweed and a few fish, smaller than my little diving mask. All the large animals were gone, simply because we had eaten them.” LittlesAnimalGoneSawsChildhoodFishesMaskSharksWhalesDivingSeaweed Author:Enric Sala
“I was studying the impacts of fishing on ocean life, while the places that I loved so much continued to decline: less and smaller fish, less corals, and more microbes. I found myself writing the obituary of nature with increasing precision. Unsatisfied and frustrated, I felt like a doctor telling the patient how she is going to die, with excruciating detail. If I were that patient, I would have fired myself and looked for a doctor who would look for a solution.” IfsWritingLooksDiesFoundFeltStudyOceanSolutionsDoctorsImpactPatientFishesDetailsFishingDeclineFrustratedDoctor WhoPrecisionUnsatisfiedObituaryMicrobes Author:Enric Sala
“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.” UseOceanFishesIslandsPencilsReefsAlgae Author:Enric Sala
