If we don't preserve the oceans from nitrate runoff and plastic and chemicals, and if we don't preserve it from acidification, and if we don't preserve it from grotesque overfishing - too much money chasing too few fish - we're going to have the most massive ecosystem on the planet in peril.

I went into the Navy because I love the ocean, and I am still privileged to have a place that I can go to that's by the water.

I have been passionate about the oceans since I dipped my toes in the water at the first age of three.

John F. Kerry Quotes