Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad starts because somebody does something or does not do something.

It is not too late to turn things around.

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.

Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now.

Everybody can make choices that will make peace with the natural world.

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

Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.