Sylvia Earle

A renowned oceanographer is urging an end to krill fishing near Antarctica as the U.S., China and Russia try to expand the practice.

Sylvia Earle says there's no sustainable way to harvest krill without harming whales that feed on the tiny crustaceans.

Krill are harvested for fish feed and omega-3 supplements.

I'm Ryland Barton.

A renowned oceanographer is urging an end to krill fishing near Antarctica as the U.S., China and Russia try to expand the practice.

Sylvia Earle says there's no sustainable way to harvest krill without harming whales that feed on the tiny crustaceans.

Krill are harvested for fish feed and omega-3 supplements.

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Then it started to spread in 2024.

Mission Blue, Sylvia Earle's organization, brought its network of hope spots on the board.

And the European project called the Protect Baltic, they also joined.

MPA Day went global.

In that era, everything was focused then as far as extreme exploration on space and definitely not on the deep sea.

This is a constant echo in the writings of marine biologists, especially those who also do crossover work and books like Edith Witter or Sylvia Earle, trying to get people interested in conservation of ocean ecologies.

that we know more about space than we know about the deep sea and how wrong that is from an environmental perspective.

So that's been a constant refrain.

Not that many sea dweller ambassadors or testimonials, I think.

No, I think maybe Dr. Sylvia Earle has worn a Sea-Dweller, but I think mostly she wore a Datejust, like a gold Datejust.

Yeah, perhaps for the Deep Sea Challenge, of course, but not the normal Sea-Dweller.

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It includes the former president of Ireland, Nobel laureate and ex-president of Colombia.

The oceanographer Sylvia Earle attended the launch of the report.

There are more than 100,000 attenders expected at Climate Week.

So, you know, these scientists are speaking up and speaking out, and that's a good thing.

But it was really because of that one, David Greybeard.

I'm just curious, I mean, I kind of asked you about this already, but you know, people like Jane Goodall or Sylvia Earle, people who have spent an entire lifetime, it's like, what's different about her? You know, it's like, there were a lot of other people who work in conservation, a lot of other people who research primates, a lot of other people who have probably made meaningful contributions to the science of primates,

you know, who like learned a lot.

It's like, why is she the one that transcends and becomes a global icon?