Oceans have always been an important part of many cultures, and today we understand the oceans more than we ever have in any part of human history. The question now is, has this knowledge and understanding led us to conserve and protect this beauty and resource and its inextricable links to human lives?
Experts have come together to tell us that our historical use of seas and oceans have led to a crisis. They also tell us that we now know enough to press on with a perspective, sound and solid, for managing our high seas and oceans.
It is high time, after centuries of exploration and trade when sailors were regarded as explorers in dangerous waters tasked with discovering new lands and wealth, that we now take heed of a new breed of sailors with a new purpose Emarine scientists who have shed light on ocean life forms and their connections with each other and us. Although, in ages past, people knew little of oceans, which were cloaked mostly in mystery, adventure and intrigue, today we now seek to benefit from the science that maps our quest for understanding them.