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Deep Trouble Deep Trouble
What the experts say

We ask scientists, environmentalists and conservationists what they think.

Prof. John Shepherd Prof. John Shepherd - Southampton Oceanography Centre

Q: Do fish stocks ever recover?
A: Listen to the answer from Prof John Shepherd.

For more information on ocean recovery:
WWF Ocean Recovery Campaign
(WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature)

Dr. Steve O'Shea Dr. Steve O'Shea - National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd, New Zealand

Q: Why are you worried about trawling?
A: Listen to the answer from Dr. Steve O'Shea.

For more information on deep water fisheries and deep ocean issues:
Marine Conservation Society
The Cousteau Society

Dr Yvonne Sadovy Dr Yvonne Sadovy. Department of Ecology and Biodiversity, University of Hong Kong

Q: Why is it a problem to harvest juvenile fish?
A: Listen to the answer from Dr Yvonne Sadovy.

For more information on coral reef issues:
Marine Conservation Society
The Coral Reef Alliance
Coral Reef Task Force

Mike Sutton Mike Sutton Marine Conservation Officer, The David & Lucile Packard Foundation, California

Q: Why is there a problem with modern fisheries?
A: Listen to the answer from Mike Sutton.

For more information on marine fisheries, fisheries in trouble and marine litter:
Monteray Bay Aquarium
Marine Conservation Society
The Cousteau Society
Scottish Association for Marine Science

Dr Jurgenne Primavera Dr Jurgenne Primavera. Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre

Q: How much fish feed does it take to intensively farm 1 kilo of fish?
A: Listen to the answer from Dr Jurgenne Primavera.

For information on mangrove protection and aquaculture see:

Seaweb Aquaculture
Shrimp Sentinel Online
Mangrove conservation

 Dr Callum Roberts Dr Callum Roberts Environment Department University of York

Q: How much of our oceans are protected?
A: Listen to the answer from Dr Callum Roberts.

For more information on marine reserves:

WWF Fully protected marine reserves
Marine Protected Areas of the United States

Dr Martha Holmes Dr Martha Holmes - BBC Producer and Presenter of Blue Planet's 'Deep Trouble' programme

Q: Why should we care about the oceans?
A: Listen to the answer from Dr Martha Holmes.

For more information on whale protection:
WWF Endangered Seas


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