The Oceans Glory and Horror

By Photographer Brian Skerry

• Pictured left is a baby harp seal and her mom.

• Harp seals usual environment is 29 Degrees and icy.

• Their environment is being melted by global warming (Pictured Below)

Harp Seals

Harp seals are also threatened by humans. They are hunted for their meat and skins.

Harp Seals

Global Fish Crisis

90% of big fish have disappeared over the last 50-60 years

Fish that get caught up usually have no way to escape. (Pictured Left). Hundreds of pounds of dead fish called by product are expelled daily back into the ocean. (Pictured Below)

Global Fish Crisis

Global Fish Crisis

100 Million Sharks

have been fished, caught, and killed for their skins and meat.

Global Fish Crisis

Here is a Lemon Shark and her babies. They had a natural to stay in for the first few years of life, but it was bulldozed to build a golf resort.

Global Fish Crisis

72% of whales

have entanglement scars. They get them from traps, nets, and being hit by boats.

Beautiful Glorious Oceans

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