I dream of the endless blue... The ocean, seemingly infinite and blossoming with life. There is something about the ocean, something alluring...something that muddles the senses.The ocean is often considered as a commodity, a system that has historically been continuosly exploited. I resent the fact that all marine species are considered as "sea food", our bounty, of which we have dominion over.
The ocean is beautiful, once experience, you seem to be left with a yearning to see it again. Once it was overflowing with life, rich in species. The ocean was moving... Species migrating, growing and changing, the colours rich and alive. Now however, it tires. Humanity, with all its plundering has pushed it to the edge.
The marine environment gives us something that no monetary value can equate, it gives a sense of place. Not only is it bountiful, brimming with resources, but it offers so many more indefinable qualities. So it lies to us to preserve such life. There is so much more to be explored yet the speed of extinction overtakes our ability to define such ancient and fragile life of the deep.
The ocean doesn't seem to change, to a land lovers eye, but it is changing at a speed, and in ways that we still do not fully understand. These changes may be irreversible, the marine systems that are older than humanity, may shift to states unrecognisable from history. This is a scary prospect, suggesting a sense of urgency in the protection of our seas. Professor Callum Roberts outlines perfectly, just what we are likely to loose.
Callum Roberts:
"It hurts that we are losing species whose forms have never been described before. They have shared our planet for countless millennia, living undisturbed lives in the deep sea. Extinction the irrevocable loss of species, causes pain that can never find relief. It is an ache that will pass from generation to generation for the rest of human history."
Take me a way to the endless blue, uninterrupted waters and silence.
