M. S. Swaminathan Quotes

There is an urgent need for regeneration of fisheries and fostering a sustainable fisheries programme. What I mean is, designing new fishing vessels and nets so that they do not disrupt the fish lifecycle by catching young ones and also do not destroy sea grass beds, which serve as habitats for dugongs.

Believe me, I did not come to London to cook farmed fish. All my fish are wild.

Without sound conservation and management measures, fisheries will quickly become depleted and a basic component of global food security will be lost.

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

I would just like my children to be able to eat fish when they grow up. Now, I don't think there's anything controversial about that.

The concept of 'peak oil' has penetrated the hearts and minds of people concerned about energy for the future. 'Peak fish' occurred around the end of the 1980s.

Our oceans are facing innumerable threats - from overfishing and pollution to ocean acidification and invasive species - yet we haven't had a blueprint for its use and development, incredible as that seems.

Several groups have information evaluating seafood sustainability. I wrote the first such guide, and seafood pocket-guides and detailed evaluations of different seafoods are available for download from the group I founded, Blue Ocean Institute.

The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.

If Indonesia improves governance of the fisheries sector and invests in large-scale maritime transport, it can double fish production by 2019.

Sustainable fishing is a fraud. It's a marketing term that really means 'business as usual.'

I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.

Cheap fish has usually been caught in careless ways.

We know that when we protect our oceans we're protecting our future.

Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.

Fish banks are areas we set aside without fishing, reserves where we allow marine life to come back.

A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.

The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument may be distant from our shores, but it will help us understand how healthy marine ecosystems work and how we can revive troubled seas closer to home.

A healthy ocean is vital to our economy and well-being. We need clean and healthy oceans to sustain tourism and fisheries.

Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they're hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish.

NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.

We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.

The Ocean Health Index is like the thermometer of the ocean. It will allow us to take the temperature to know what is going on at the global level, trying to integrate different impacts, including overfishing, invasive species, coastal development, and climate change.

When people who love the ocean come together, they can achieve extraordinary things.

There are so many issues in our oceans - like the near extinction of blue fin tuna - that should be taken more seriously worldwide.