Not only who am I, but who are we? And where are we going? It's the "we." It's the social connections that are special to human beings.

If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one.

We are depleting this immense diversity and abundance of life, and it matters tremendously for the future of the planet.

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.

Globally sharks have been killed for their fins, for their cartilage, for their livers, for their meat. But mostly what has driven some species of sharks to near extinction - including the hammerhead shark - is the new luxury taste for shark fin soup.

I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind. Health to the ocean means health for us.

Fish from all over the world, from deep in the sea, wind up in countries from Germany to Japan. That is just crazy.