It isn't too late to shift from the swift, sharp decline of ocean systems in recent decades to an era of steady recovery. There is time, and there is a growing awareness, which is the best way to counter indifference. People who know might care.

Evolution is not something to be feared. It's to be celebrated, embraced, and understood.

Burning fossil fuels has given us the gift of seeing ourselves in new ways. But that very gift now enables us to see we've got to change our ways.

I am not in any hurry to grow up.

I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don't see in the daytime.

We still have 10 percent of the sharks. We still have half of the coral reefs. However, if we wait another 50 years, opportunities might well be gone.

We have the power to abstain from destructive behavior.