The prognosis is grim, but not hopeless. So say the most optimistic of the world’s coral reef researchers. The pessimistic ones are another story.
One-third of the world’s coral reefs will be dead in the next 20 years, or less. Several species of sharks are on the verge of extinction due to the demand for shark fins. Turles, rays, tuna, cod, seabass, whales, manatees, billfish, grouper, red fish, there isn’t a species of marine life that is doing well.
This video contains images from the symposium and audio from from a couple of exhbitors.
