Marine Sanctuaries Quotes

Nature did not put whales on this earth to splash kids while stuck in a pen.

With care and protection, with safe havens in the ocean, there is still a good chance that we can turn things around.

What we have now - a world without [marine] reserves - is like a debit account where we withdraw all the time and we never make any deposit. Reserves are like savings accounts.

The oceans are the last free place on the planet.

In December 2012, the U.S. 9th district court granted a temporary injunction to the Japanese whalers that ordered the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society U.S.A. to not approach within 500 yards of the whaling vessels.

I write many essays on whales. I love whales, especially orcas. And dolphins.

How could we restrain our fishermen, the boldest men alive, from fishing in prohibited places?

I have never suffered under any delusion that saving the whales in the Antarctic sanctuary would be easy, but the one thing I am certain of is that I and my passionate crew of international volunteers will never quit defending life in the seas from poachers, no matter what consequences we must endure to do so.

Oceans are a family heritage, because of my great-great-grandfather, but also my father, who spearheaded different initiatives to better protect the Mediterranean. He was very instrumental in setting up the Pelagos Marine Sanctuary, which is a sanctuary for marine mammals between Italy, France and Monaco.

They are a fairly aggressive conservation organization that was started to protect the great whales particularly, but in general all marine life around the world. So those are the people I'm trying to attach my name to.

In the United States, we do a pretty good job of protecting iconic landscapes and postcard views, but the ocean gets no respect.

As long as there is a Southern Ocean whale sanctuary, Sea Shepherd crew will continue to patrol and defend it.

Marine protected areas, and particularly no-take zones, are very effective in allowing regeneration of fish stocks.