Our oceans, although hard to believe because undetectable from the surface to the average person, are in serious distress.  

This is one thing everyone can do; talk about the facts and spread the word to everyone, everywhere. I am very happy to report how much recently I do hear people discussing the shape and importance of the ocean these days; from our customers to the local & national news shows. 

Thank You! 

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- Island sized collections and huge whirlpools in the ocean, 'gyres', full of garbage and plastics are killing all marine life. We all need to become more conscience of the plastics we use knowing they end up in landfills and in the ocean. There are companies working on more environmentally friendly plastics. Even some US states are working on banning certain cellophane products such as New York. Go New York!

- Believe it or not, the ocean is running out of oxygen due to declining sea grass and the decline of the turtles that thrived on and helped that sea grass.

- Did you know that when electronics sit around in landfills or left outside to rot, the properties of  their composition can change becoming hazardous and airborne?

- Have you seen the ice near the poles lately? Every year a layer of dark pollution lands on the surface stopping the ice from reflecting the son and causing great melting spots. It is no longer pristine. But maybe with some hard work and endurance we can start to reverse this global warming symptom.

- Some fracking companies use billions of gallons of clean water to:

Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside. There are more than 500,000 active natural gas wells in the US. Information found at: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/fracking/

Sharks for the use of only their fins is so, so very wasteful and inhumane.

- One of the most gut wrenching monstrosities I have seen to date is for supplying Shark Fin Soup to the world as a status symbol.  Even protected species of sharks are thrown back into the ocean alive but without their fins; left to die a horrible, painful death. Because the fins are the only part of them with any value. The fin by itself has no taste. In nine years a 60% decline of sharks has been recorded in the ocean near Taiwan. Many are killed before given a chance to reproduce. Their reproduction is already a slow process. The extinction of these animals could ruin the the ecology of the oceans forever. 

- Following is a chart of a little bit information on noise pollution in the sea.