1 00:00:03,420 --> 00:00:06,631 When I was a little girl we thought that the sea was too big to fail. 2 00:00:07,340 --> 00:00:08,550 Now we know not. 3 00:00:09,592 --> 00:00:11,261 National parks protect 4 00:00:11,344 --> 00:00:13,513 America's natural treasures on land. 5 00:00:14,556 --> 00:00:16,975 The same must be done with the sea. 6 00:00:18,226 --> 00:00:20,603 It is a border in danger. 7 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:33,575 On the 100th anniversary from our national parks service, 8 00:00:33,658 --> 00:00:38,079 a pioneering expedition travels from coast to coast 9 00:00:38,830 --> 00:00:40,790 to help inspire a man... 10 00:00:40,874 --> 00:00:42,375 It's an honor to meet you. 11 00:00:42,459 --> 00:00:46,588 Creating blue parks in an unknown immensity. 12 00:00:48,548 --> 00:00:50,548 If we are not careful, slips through our fingers. 13 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:55,972 We need it to survive. We have an unrepeatable opportunity. 14 00:01:08,109 --> 00:01:10,820 Large-scale fishing of wild fish 15 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:13,156 is an example of what is at stake. 16 00:01:13,823 --> 00:01:15,575 With schools of billions of fish, 17 00:01:15,658 --> 00:01:18,369 shad filter the Atlantic and Gulf. 18 00:01:18,787 --> 00:01:21,498 They are so important for the diet of larger fish, 19 00:01:21,581 --> 00:01:24,793 who are known as the most important fish in the sea. 20 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:28,880 But they are targeted by the industry of catching shad, 21 00:01:29,255 --> 00:01:31,007 not to be eaten by people, 22 00:01:31,341 --> 00:01:34,594 but to be transformed in fertilizer and poultry feed. 23 00:01:34,677 --> 00:01:36,346 It's like it says in the Bible, 24 00:01:36,429 --> 00:01:39,641 that in times of greed, we will destroy the Earth itself, 25 00:01:39,724 --> 00:01:41,226 and that's what's happening. 26 00:01:41,309 --> 00:01:44,687 It's before our eyes, we just have to open them to see. 27 00:01:45,313 --> 00:01:46,689 It's heartbreaking. 28 00:01:48,233 --> 00:01:49,400 It's heartbreaking. 29 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:54,823 This is in our blood. Fish, shrimp, oysters, everything. 30 00:01:55,323 --> 00:01:57,325 And it's coming to an end. 31 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:04,833 Small local fishermen have a powerful ally. 32 00:02:06,251 --> 00:02:08,837 She spent thousands of hours underwater. 33 00:02:09,671 --> 00:02:15,677 The scientist, explorer and environmentalist Dr. Sylvia Earle. 34 00:02:17,846 --> 00:02:20,181 The transformation is happening quickly. 35 00:02:20,265 --> 00:02:22,851 We are losing coral reefs, fish in the sea, 36 00:02:22,934 --> 00:02:26,563 and entire ecosystems are getting destroyed. 37 00:02:27,063 --> 00:02:29,274 The planet's chemistry is being affected 38 00:02:29,357 --> 00:02:33,403 for what we are putting or to be removed from the sea. 39 00:02:34,237 --> 00:02:35,363 It's another world. 40 00:02:38,658 --> 00:02:41,828 Shad fishing boats go there and catch entire shoals. 41 00:02:41,911 --> 00:02:44,330 - And truth. - They don't always catch shad. 42 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:47,959 - But there should be limits to this. - Well, it should. 43 00:02:48,042 --> 00:02:52,130 And I think there are places that should not be exploited. 44 00:02:52,213 --> 00:02:54,257 Like in national parks. 45 00:02:54,340 --> 00:02:57,302 Trees are not cut down, Squirrels are not hunted. 46 00:02:57,844 --> 00:02:59,262 Doesn't that exist now? 47 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:00,930 No, it doesn't exist. 48 00:03:01,556 --> 00:03:04,767 The American marine territory is larger than the 50 states, 49 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:08,688 but almost everything is open fishing for wild animals. 50 00:03:10,064 --> 00:03:13,318 Now we know what we couldn't know when I was a girl. 51 00:03:13,401 --> 00:03:17,906 That the ocean dictates the climate, absorbs much of the heat, 52 00:03:17,989 --> 00:03:19,532 regulates the temperature. 53 00:03:19,616 --> 00:03:22,994 97% of Earth's water is in the oceans. 54 00:03:23,077 --> 00:03:26,623 And we have a unique opportunity. 55 00:03:30,001 --> 00:03:31,878 It's a luxury for sharks... 56 00:03:31,961 --> 00:03:33,801 Why do sharks do they attack so many people? 57 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:34,964 Don't attack! 58 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:37,217 My name is Max Kennedy. 59 00:03:37,842 --> 00:03:40,511 My love for the sea It was passed down to me by my family. 60 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:46,935 I'm looking forward to joining to Sylvia on a trip 61 00:03:47,018 --> 00:03:48,728 to build an underwater version 62 00:03:48,811 --> 00:03:52,482 of America's best idea, the national parks. 63 00:03:56,152 --> 00:03:58,029 More than a century ago, 64 00:03:58,112 --> 00:04:01,950 we killed all the great auks, all passenger pigeons, 65 00:04:02,033 --> 00:04:05,828 all the Uapitis and almost the last buffalo. 66 00:04:06,537 --> 00:04:12,001 The turning point was photography and images that galvanized the country. 67 00:04:12,752 --> 00:04:16,381 Then, in 1871, William Henry Jackson, 68 00:04:16,464 --> 00:04:19,175 a 28-year-old Civil War veteran, 69 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:23,137 became the official photographer of the expedition to Hayden, Wyoming, 70 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,265 and made history. 71 00:04:27,183 --> 00:04:29,227 Jackson's stunning images 72 00:04:29,310 --> 00:04:31,646 inspired President Ulysses S. Grant 73 00:04:31,729 --> 00:04:35,984 to create the first park national park in the world, Yellowstone. 74 00:04:37,986 --> 00:04:40,280 Protect our natural systems 75 00:04:40,363 --> 00:04:42,740 It's a presidential priority increasingly bigger. 76 00:04:42,824 --> 00:04:45,034 Preserving our environment 77 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:46,911 is not a liberal or conservative challenge, 78 00:04:47,537 --> 00:04:48,788 It's common sense. 79 00:04:49,872 --> 00:04:54,377 In 1983, President Ronald Reagan claimed a blue America, 80 00:04:54,752 --> 00:04:56,838 322 km from our shores, 81 00:04:58,423 --> 00:05:01,926 as unexplored as the West in Jackson's time 82 00:05:02,010 --> 00:05:04,137 and full of natural wonders. 83 00:05:05,513 --> 00:05:08,850 One such vital resource is Cashes Ledge, 84 00:05:08,933 --> 00:05:11,853 an underwater mountain range full of life. 85 00:05:12,478 --> 00:05:16,024 A decoy for tuna, sharks, minke whales, 86 00:05:16,107 --> 00:05:19,027 endangered right whales and humpback whales like these. 87 00:05:22,405 --> 00:05:25,950 If it is protected, Cashes Ledges will become 88 00:05:26,034 --> 00:05:28,661 the first national monument from New England 89 00:05:28,745 --> 00:05:31,789 and an animal refuge that are disappearing elsewhere. 90 00:05:34,208 --> 00:05:37,170 Against the reserve is industrial fishing 91 00:05:37,253 --> 00:05:39,964 that emptied the Gulf of Maine. 92 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:44,260 About two years ago, there was an assessment of stocks 93 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:46,929 which showed that the populations of the Gulf of Maine 94 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:49,640 they were about 3 to 4% of the ideal biomass. 95 00:05:50,433 --> 00:05:51,559 Sorry? 96 00:05:51,893 --> 00:05:55,021 Yes, populations have plummeted. 97 00:05:55,104 --> 00:05:59,233 96% below what it should be? 98 00:06:00,818 --> 00:06:04,697 There is a sustainable point at which you can catch a certain amount. 99 00:06:04,781 --> 00:06:08,910 If this limit is exceeded, the population will decrease, 100 00:06:08,993 --> 00:06:11,037 because they can't produce enough individuals 101 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:12,538 to replace those removed. 102 00:06:13,164 --> 00:06:17,126 Our goal is to support the scientific cause in favor of protection 103 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:18,210 through photography. 104 00:06:19,003 --> 00:06:21,756 And no one does it better that Brian Skerry, 105 00:06:22,090 --> 00:06:24,759 one of the best photographers underwater in the world. 106 00:06:24,842 --> 00:06:29,514 I grew up in a small working-class town. 107 00:06:29,597 --> 00:06:33,017 The idea of being a photographer from National Geographic 108 00:06:33,101 --> 00:06:38,523 or an ocean explorer It was far from what I could have imagined. 109 00:06:47,115 --> 00:06:49,742 - Nice to meet you, finally. - Likewise. 110 00:06:49,826 --> 00:06:52,453 I saw your work. I'm excited. 111 00:06:54,038 --> 00:06:56,207 When I started diving in New England, 112 00:06:56,290 --> 00:07:01,587 I remember leaving the beaches and see large schools of fish. 113 00:07:02,505 --> 00:07:04,757 And I don't see that anymore. 114 00:07:15,685 --> 00:07:18,855 Cashes Ledge houses an unexpected treasure. 115 00:07:20,189 --> 00:07:24,277 An underwater forest, 80 miles off the coast of Maine. 116 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:27,989 There is nothing like it. 117 00:07:28,406 --> 00:07:32,660 We go down and see a rippling seaweed background. 118 00:07:35,830 --> 00:07:40,877 And in the distance we see schools of palocos and cod, some red, 119 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,671 because they mix with red algae. 120 00:07:46,007 --> 00:07:48,634 We have the feeling that It can't be New England, 121 00:07:48,718 --> 00:07:51,596 It must be a tropical paradise 122 00:07:51,679 --> 00:07:53,473 where I have to take a flight for days. 123 00:07:53,556 --> 00:07:55,766 But no, it's right here. 124 00:08:02,857 --> 00:08:04,734 When I'm in a place like this, 125 00:08:04,817 --> 00:08:08,237 I try to take photos to show to people who are special. 126 00:08:11,115 --> 00:08:14,160 I want people to feel a connection with cod. 127 00:08:19,874 --> 00:08:24,629 It was the experience of a lifetime, dive in and see for myself 128 00:08:24,712 --> 00:08:28,090 what excites you so much some scientists years ago. 129 00:08:29,759 --> 00:08:31,427 There was a fish looking at me. 130 00:08:33,596 --> 00:08:37,892 I felt like a ballerina, with golden scarves around. 131 00:08:43,231 --> 00:08:47,735 This place is the best. It's special. 132 00:08:47,818 --> 00:08:51,072 It is a source of renewal, a source of recovery. 133 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:07,296 It was one of the most beautiful dives what I did in life. 134 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:13,511 Yes, it's hypnotic. We enter a kind of trance. 135 00:09:13,594 --> 00:09:15,513 It's like walking through a temple. 136 00:09:15,596 --> 00:09:20,893 I think Cashes Ledge is a Noah's Ark for the Gulf of Maine. 137 00:09:21,352 --> 00:09:24,981 It has practically one individual of each species 138 00:09:25,064 --> 00:09:28,609 and each type of open sea habitat, 139 00:09:28,693 --> 00:09:33,197 all in a very concentrated area. - Let's hope there are two of each. 140 00:09:40,246 --> 00:09:43,916 We have an opportunity here from looking at Cashes Ledge 141 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:49,463 like the Yellowstone of the North Atlantic. 142 00:10:03,853 --> 00:10:05,646 This is an oasis. 143 00:10:05,730 --> 00:10:09,609 This is what's left of it that existed everywhere. 144 00:10:09,692 --> 00:10:11,319 If we are not careful, 145 00:10:11,402 --> 00:10:13,487 slips through our fingers and disappears forever. 146 00:10:13,571 --> 00:10:15,781 And it can happen without anyone noticing. 147 00:10:17,199 --> 00:10:18,993 So we have to show it, 148 00:10:19,076 --> 00:10:21,412 because when people see, they will want to know. 149 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:31,547 We advanced 322 km southeast of Cashes Ledge, 150 00:10:31,881 --> 00:10:33,966 to another fragile oasis. 151 00:10:34,592 --> 00:10:38,262 Canyons and seamounts along the continental shelf. 152 00:10:40,181 --> 00:10:42,933 Most life on Earth It's in the deep ocean. 153 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:46,270 Too deep for divers, 154 00:10:46,354 --> 00:10:47,914 but not for an unmanned NOAA ROV. 155 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:52,777 One would think that the depth would protect seamounts, 156 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:56,781 but there is a new threat, deep sea mining, 157 00:10:56,864 --> 00:10:59,617 with machines that destroy oceanic habitats 158 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:02,203 before we even know what we lost. 159 00:11:02,286 --> 00:11:04,705 Life that deserves to be protected. 160 00:11:08,542 --> 00:11:11,087 At my mother's house we joined Brian 161 00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:13,339 and his new apprentice, my nephew Finn. 162 00:11:13,422 --> 00:11:15,800 - We love... - It's a modern Jackson. 163 00:11:16,550 --> 00:11:17,677 I don't know. 164 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,681 We have an almost more difficult task than Jackson, 165 00:11:22,306 --> 00:11:24,850 because we are starting from scratch. 166 00:11:24,934 --> 00:11:28,771 We have to show that these sites exist 167 00:11:29,271 --> 00:11:32,316 and which are fundamental for the health of the planet. 168 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,361 - We have a lot of work ahead of us. - We have to plan well. 169 00:11:35,444 --> 00:11:36,946 We have to plan very well. 170 00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:40,366 The last thing we need is that something goes wrong with this project. 171 00:11:41,784 --> 00:11:43,577 - Yes. - Really? 172 00:11:43,661 --> 00:11:48,833 - It's a pleasure. - It's a pleasure for me. Thanks. 173 00:11:48,916 --> 00:11:51,335 I'm still a little salty. We went diving. 174 00:11:52,336 --> 00:11:55,256 It's an extension of Acadia National Park. 175 00:11:55,339 --> 00:11:57,341 It's close enough to the surface 176 00:11:57,425 --> 00:12:00,678 for the sunlight to arrive to a rise in the sea. 177 00:12:00,761 --> 00:12:02,847 And there is a kelp forest. 178 00:12:02,930 --> 00:12:06,225 Who would dare coming close to the water with you? 179 00:12:07,351 --> 00:12:10,730 All of them. Your whole family. 180 00:12:14,316 --> 00:12:18,070 We have to show people that they can still have hope. 181 00:12:18,154 --> 00:12:20,322 We are the agents of change 182 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:23,617 and we can be the agents of positive change. 183 00:12:23,701 --> 00:12:26,537 This is fundamental. Get the word out and do something. 184 00:12:27,830 --> 00:12:30,833 Sylvia recruits an indispensable crew, 185 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:32,835 the heirs of the Earth. 186 00:12:34,378 --> 00:12:38,424 Recruit teenagers to be ambassadors of the ocean, 187 00:12:38,507 --> 00:12:41,469 to explore the ocean, be witnesses 188 00:12:41,552 --> 00:12:44,180 and tell their parents, teachers, 189 00:12:44,263 --> 00:12:47,433 to mayors, to senators, to presidents. 190 00:12:47,516 --> 00:12:51,687 Take them there. No child should be left dry. 191 00:12:52,938 --> 00:12:55,399 Completing the team are two activists 192 00:12:55,483 --> 00:12:58,569 from the Benning Terrace housing complex, in Washington, 193 00:12:59,195 --> 00:13:01,322 Rob Edwards and Ashley Dawkins. 194 00:13:03,407 --> 00:13:07,369 I'm so excited. I've never been to the ocean. 195 00:13:09,455 --> 00:13:13,375 Our expedition to create a blue necklace of protected treasures 196 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:15,586 reaches the rough waters of the Caribbean. 197 00:13:17,087 --> 00:13:20,966 In the middle of an overexploited sea and warm there is a lonely reserve. 198 00:13:22,051 --> 00:13:24,762 The first blue monument in the world, 199 00:13:26,222 --> 00:13:29,141 raised by my uncle, President John F. Kennedy. 200 00:13:29,850 --> 00:13:35,189 It's an interesting biological fact that we all have in our veins 201 00:13:36,357 --> 00:13:41,403 exactly the same percentage of salt in the blood in the ocean. 202 00:13:42,446 --> 00:13:45,908 We are connected to the ocean, and when we return to the sea 203 00:13:45,991 --> 00:13:48,244 we are going back to where we came from. 204 00:13:48,869 --> 00:13:52,748 I was 11 years old. There was a dedication to the new park. 205 00:13:53,082 --> 00:13:56,877 And my father brought me here, with government officials. 206 00:13:56,961 --> 00:13:59,922 Kennedy was one of them. It was a beautiful day. 207 00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:02,550 Being a native of St. Croix, 208 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:05,386 I am very proud to be the person responsible for this park, 209 00:14:05,469 --> 00:14:10,808 that was created and protected 64 years ago by the President of the USA. 210 00:14:12,393 --> 00:14:16,480 This monument was expanded in 2001, by President Clinton. 211 00:14:16,564 --> 00:14:18,440 became the first marine protected area, 212 00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:21,735 what does this mean that you cannot fish in the monument. 213 00:14:22,653 --> 00:14:25,739 But some of the fish leave the protected area 214 00:14:26,407 --> 00:14:28,784 and when they do, they can get caught. 215 00:14:29,451 --> 00:14:32,162 These fish are good for frying. They are parrot fish. 216 00:14:35,958 --> 00:14:41,005 It was very exciting being in the Virgin Islands with them. 217 00:14:44,341 --> 00:14:46,844 Rob and Ashley had never seen the sea. 218 00:14:49,138 --> 00:14:53,058 I can witness the first time that they saw the sea 219 00:14:53,142 --> 00:14:57,229 it was a way for me to see the sea as if it were the first time. 220 00:15:06,822 --> 00:15:08,824 What are you doing? 221 00:15:09,992 --> 00:15:12,745 That's what real divers do. 222 00:15:12,828 --> 00:15:17,207 We rub some saliva, or spit, 223 00:15:17,541 --> 00:15:21,921 on the mask, so it doesn't fog up. 224 00:15:23,297 --> 00:15:25,132 I won't spit on that. 225 00:15:31,472 --> 00:15:34,642 I was too scared to go in at sea for the first time, 226 00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:36,352 but I had to put my fear to the test. 227 00:15:47,613 --> 00:15:52,451 I jumped because I thought It was going to touch bottom, but it didn't. 228 00:15:53,369 --> 00:15:55,454 I thought, "Am I drowning?" 229 00:16:12,554 --> 00:16:15,766 I've never seen anyone learn using a snorkel so fast. 230 00:16:18,227 --> 00:16:19,728 He's not used to swimming. 231 00:16:24,775 --> 00:16:29,405 Sylvia is a real-life mermaid. I think if she could, she would live there. 232 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:33,492 How does she say? No child should be... 233 00:16:35,786 --> 00:16:37,997 dry? That's what she says, yes. 234 00:16:39,206 --> 00:16:42,501 What was the most memorable part? 235 00:16:42,584 --> 00:16:46,839 See with my eyes, and not through television. 236 00:16:46,922 --> 00:16:50,676 I never thought... No, that's enough. 237 00:16:50,759 --> 00:16:52,052 Why? 238 00:16:54,388 --> 00:16:56,640 Because of where I'm from. 239 00:17:02,146 --> 00:17:06,400 It was a good feeling, being in the open sea. 240 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:09,236 I felt free. 241 00:17:11,113 --> 00:17:14,616 But one thing was missing: groupers. 242 00:17:15,367 --> 00:17:19,788 In the 1980s, we had eaten almost all groupers from St. Croix. 243 00:17:21,248 --> 00:17:23,333 We don't catch grouper. 244 00:17:23,417 --> 00:17:25,919 Grouper is more... How do you say it? 245 00:17:26,003 --> 00:17:27,296 - An endangered species? - Yes. 246 00:17:27,379 --> 00:17:28,589 They barely see each other. 247 00:17:29,339 --> 00:17:31,819 My father used to get beaten two or three and take them home. 248 00:17:31,884 --> 00:17:35,095 They were big. But now they barely see each other. 249 00:17:35,846 --> 00:17:38,223 That's why fishermen turned to the parrot fish, 250 00:17:39,349 --> 00:17:41,518 the beautiful reef guards. 251 00:17:43,270 --> 00:17:45,898 They are good fish for frying. We call it local parrotfish. 252 00:17:45,981 --> 00:17:46,982 Right. 253 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:49,401 All restaurants in St. Croix they buy them. 254 00:17:49,485 --> 00:17:50,986 The poultry farm also buys them. 255 00:17:51,528 --> 00:17:54,490 Buy 45 kg per week. 256 00:17:56,325 --> 00:18:00,370 I don't know much, I just take them and I earn money to survive. 257 00:18:06,251 --> 00:18:09,213 We're starting to realize that the loss of the grouper 258 00:18:09,296 --> 00:18:11,757 and parrotfish has a domino effect 259 00:18:12,299 --> 00:18:13,634 and kills the reef. 260 00:18:14,301 --> 00:18:16,345 It's happening so fast 261 00:18:16,428 --> 00:18:20,641 that there is no need to talk to an elderly person to remember the old times. 262 00:18:20,724 --> 00:18:23,894 In my short life of 19 years 263 00:18:24,394 --> 00:18:26,897 I saw a profound change 264 00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:31,944 in the habitat in which I was able to dive since I was four years old, with my father. 265 00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:39,910 I remember it being a magical place, with pristine reefs. 266 00:18:40,869 --> 00:18:43,247 The colors were so vivid, wherever we went. 267 00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:47,876 There were lots of fish, an incredible ecosystem. 268 00:18:48,877 --> 00:18:53,882 But now, in the last three years, looks like a pile of rubble 269 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:57,010 after the demolition of a building in New York. 270 00:18:57,094 --> 00:19:00,472 Everything is gray, white and crumbly. 271 00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:02,850 The fish are gone. 272 00:19:03,433 --> 00:19:07,938 And that was just in 12 years. 273 00:19:16,780 --> 00:19:19,825 The waters around Buck Island are an oasis 274 00:19:19,908 --> 00:19:22,244 in a rapidly expanding desert, 275 00:19:22,327 --> 00:19:25,455 fueled by climate change and overfishing. 276 00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:29,543 I would have loved to have seen what you saw here when I was little. 277 00:19:29,626 --> 00:19:31,628 The fish population was very diverse. 278 00:19:32,045 --> 00:19:33,797 Very big, very colorful. 279 00:19:33,881 --> 00:19:39,344 But my reference was nothing, compared to my father's. 280 00:19:39,761 --> 00:19:43,307 He said, "You should have seen this when I was little." 281 00:19:43,390 --> 00:19:47,477 These fish are small, compared to those of his height. 282 00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:52,191 Corals need fish and fish need corals. 283 00:19:52,274 --> 00:19:54,818 If we remove the fish, the corals are under stress. 284 00:19:57,863 --> 00:20:00,741 Expand the reserve to cover the devastated reefs 285 00:20:00,824 --> 00:20:02,409 outside the monument 286 00:20:02,492 --> 00:20:05,537 will give natural systems opportunity to recover. 287 00:20:07,748 --> 00:20:10,000 People say I came from another planet and I came. 288 00:20:10,083 --> 00:20:12,502 The planet was so different when I arrived. 289 00:20:15,505 --> 00:20:18,383 90% of the big fish are gone. 290 00:20:20,260 --> 00:20:24,306 But the good news is that we can reverse the trend, 291 00:20:24,389 --> 00:20:26,016 we can recover. 292 00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:31,104 Brian's photography It's such a powerful tool 293 00:20:32,105 --> 00:20:34,107 and now he's going to free the boys. 294 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:38,320 Trying to tell a story with images is your message, 295 00:20:38,403 --> 00:20:40,322 what are they trying to communicate, your vision. 296 00:20:40,405 --> 00:20:43,492 I proposed a story about something called the Global Fish Crisis. 297 00:20:43,575 --> 00:20:46,245 It's a thresher shark that was dead in a fishing net. 298 00:20:46,328 --> 00:20:50,582 And as I framed it, It seemed like a crucifixion to me, 299 00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:52,386 and I thought I could convey some empathy. 300 00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:56,421 There is a difference between taking just a beautiful photograph 301 00:20:56,505 --> 00:21:00,384 and be a photojournalist. As underwater photographers, 302 00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:03,053 We don't have the luxury of using telephoto lenses 303 00:21:03,136 --> 00:21:08,934 and wait a week let an animal pass by. 304 00:21:09,017 --> 00:21:12,312 It's a tribute to animals that allow us to enter their world. 305 00:21:12,396 --> 00:21:14,731 They end up leaving, if we are patient, 306 00:21:14,815 --> 00:21:16,817 if we don't chase them, they come to us. 307 00:21:46,763 --> 00:21:49,516 Today we live in a world where communication 308 00:21:49,599 --> 00:21:53,562 and image sharing It's much easier than ever. 309 00:21:54,604 --> 00:21:57,899 Share these images and tell the story they want. 310 00:21:57,983 --> 00:22:03,155 By doing this, we get to reach a much larger audience 311 00:22:03,238 --> 00:22:05,824 than if I just did a report for the magazine. 312 00:22:06,575 --> 00:22:07,784 Go out there and do it. 313 00:22:46,823 --> 00:22:51,703 I started photographing the turtles three nights ago. 314 00:22:51,787 --> 00:22:55,248 I'm using exposure times very long, in the moonlight. 315 00:22:55,791 --> 00:22:59,294 And it ends up looking almost like daytime. 316 00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:02,172 It has a frightening and primitive appearance, 317 00:23:02,255 --> 00:23:04,841 with an animal that looks like a dinosaur. 318 00:23:17,187 --> 00:23:20,482 They can weigh 400 kg when they are adults. 319 00:23:20,899 --> 00:23:22,526 400kg? 320 00:23:25,946 --> 00:23:26,946 You can do it. 321 00:23:27,531 --> 00:23:29,658 Not all survive. 322 00:23:31,118 --> 00:23:34,663 It made me think about where I come from. 323 00:23:35,705 --> 00:23:38,417 Because my neighborhood is like that. 324 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:42,379 We ended up accepting 325 00:23:42,462 --> 00:23:44,923 that not everyone will be able to get away with it. 326 00:23:47,384 --> 00:23:50,345 I identified with that. 327 00:23:54,141 --> 00:23:56,726 Sylvia helped me see the bigger picture. 328 00:23:57,060 --> 00:23:59,604 Unless we stop may the ocean die, 329 00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:01,106 none of us will survive. 330 00:24:10,323 --> 00:24:14,035 The Gulf of Mexico faces the same threat as the Caribbean, 331 00:24:14,369 --> 00:24:16,663 overfishing and climate change. 332 00:24:17,998 --> 00:24:20,000 The Gulf of Mexico is resilient, 333 00:24:21,001 --> 00:24:25,338 but it's like World War II, in Europe. 334 00:24:25,422 --> 00:24:27,299 If we didn't know there was a war, 335 00:24:27,382 --> 00:24:31,094 We might not even know, except that we had been there before, 336 00:24:31,178 --> 00:24:32,888 unless we had gone through it. 337 00:24:35,182 --> 00:24:37,058 And Dave Palmer went through that. 338 00:24:37,934 --> 00:24:40,854 What are the locations What do we choose to protect? 339 00:24:40,937 --> 00:24:43,440 And they know, they know real fishermen, 340 00:24:43,773 --> 00:24:49,279 whose lives depend respect for the ocean. 341 00:24:51,072 --> 00:24:52,866 They know what it takes to have fish. 342 00:24:52,949 --> 00:24:55,452 Breeding areas, feeding areas, 343 00:24:55,535 --> 00:24:57,120 don't fish too much. 344 00:24:59,122 --> 00:25:00,290 Nothing. 345 00:25:02,459 --> 00:25:04,336 - Dave. - Hello. 346 00:25:04,419 --> 00:25:06,713 - All good? - How are you? 347 00:25:07,964 --> 00:25:10,133 - It's good to see you. - Yes, it's been a long time. 348 00:25:10,217 --> 00:25:14,221 Like you, I passed my first years in the Gulf. 349 00:25:14,304 --> 00:25:18,600 It's so important for the whole country. We take this for granted. 350 00:25:19,643 --> 00:25:22,187 We treat it as an inexhaustible source. 351 00:25:22,270 --> 00:25:25,023 Everyone fishes what they want. 352 00:25:25,106 --> 00:25:29,027 They have no sanctuary where you can't fish. 353 00:25:29,694 --> 00:25:33,114 It won't last. They will end, sooner or later. 354 00:25:34,824 --> 00:25:38,578 My hope is that they establish areas all along the coast 355 00:25:38,662 --> 00:25:40,956 where you can't fish. 356 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:42,874 Put a triangle here, a circle here, 357 00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:44,793 a rectangle there. 358 00:25:44,876 --> 00:25:46,753 We have to save the breeding areas... 359 00:25:46,836 --> 00:25:47,836 Right. 360 00:25:48,421 --> 00:25:52,175 The eating areas, the spawning areas. 361 00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:54,594 If we want to have tuna, 362 00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:56,137 the last thing we want to do 363 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:57,806 is to kill them at spawning. - Yes. 364 00:25:58,974 --> 00:26:00,350 That's the only thing that can help. 365 00:26:02,644 --> 00:26:04,187 It's common sense. 366 00:26:06,648 --> 00:26:10,652 EWING BENCH GULF OF MEXICO 367 00:26:11,695 --> 00:26:14,281 This was where bluefin tuna spawned, 368 00:26:14,364 --> 00:26:17,826 that reproduced in this system incredibly intact. 369 00:26:19,286 --> 00:26:23,164 Bluefin tuna and other tuna species spawn in the Gulf of Mexico, 370 00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:25,500 in special locations, like the Bank of Ewing. 371 00:26:27,669 --> 00:26:31,339 Sylvia dreams of seeing protected areas with sufficient size 372 00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:32,674 to recover the Gulf. 373 00:26:32,757 --> 00:26:34,801 "Zones of hope", as he calls them. 374 00:26:36,011 --> 00:26:37,262 Look at this. 375 00:26:37,345 --> 00:26:40,265 It's an ocean full of whale sharks. 376 00:26:40,348 --> 00:26:43,351 I can't even count the number of fins. 377 00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:46,062 When I think I've already told them all, appear more. 378 00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:50,358 The stain pattern of a whale shark is unique, 379 00:26:50,442 --> 00:26:51,842 like our fingerprints. 380 00:26:51,901 --> 00:26:55,238 The photographs will be placed in an international database. 381 00:26:58,366 --> 00:27:02,037 These fish are 20 times bigger than me. 382 00:27:06,374 --> 00:27:10,587 But when I saw that they They didn't care about me, I lost my fear. 383 00:27:16,801 --> 00:27:19,679 We pull the net, to see what are whale sharks eating. 384 00:27:19,763 --> 00:27:22,223 And, as we suspected, It's full of eggs. 385 00:27:23,433 --> 00:27:27,145 Merma, a type of tuna, spawns in the depths. 386 00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:32,317 The eggs float to the surface. 387 00:27:33,026 --> 00:27:37,405 It is a crucial feeding area for the biggest fish in the sea. 388 00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:40,867 Ewing Bank is so special 389 00:27:40,950 --> 00:27:43,620 because there is a combination reproduction and feeding. 390 00:27:43,703 --> 00:27:46,748 There is tuna reproduction, but the feeding of the whale shark. 391 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:50,919 Six years ago, we arrived at this same place 392 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:53,630 and we found the largest number of documented whale sharks 393 00:27:53,713 --> 00:27:56,216 in North American waters, with more than 100 animals. 394 00:27:57,884 --> 00:28:01,596 We place satellite transmitters and we analyze the connection between here 395 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,307 and other locations in the Caribbean and around the world. 396 00:28:06,017 --> 00:28:09,145 Of the 14 concentration areas known in the world, 397 00:28:09,229 --> 00:28:12,190 the Ewing Bank is the only in North American waters 398 00:28:12,273 --> 00:28:14,776 and an obvious candidate for protection. 399 00:28:20,782 --> 00:28:22,826 It's hard to explain in words, 400 00:28:22,909 --> 00:28:25,537 when we entered the water and we are alongside them. 401 00:28:26,454 --> 00:28:29,249 It almost seems like we feel their hearts beating. 402 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,841 It's a sacred place. 403 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,885 These fish are telling us who need help. 404 00:28:42,595 --> 00:28:44,806 Just like life in another sacred realm, 405 00:28:46,015 --> 00:28:47,809 the waters off Ni'ihau, 406 00:28:48,184 --> 00:28:50,770 the westernmost inhabited island of Hawaii. 407 00:29:00,155 --> 00:29:02,490 The first people to come to Hawaii, 408 00:29:02,574 --> 00:29:05,410 their descendants care deeply 409 00:29:05,493 --> 00:29:08,079 not just with the earth, but also with the sea. 410 00:29:08,163 --> 00:29:10,874 At heart, they are sea people. 411 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:13,960 My family is originally from Ni'ihau Island. 412 00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:20,425 The people of Ni'ihau believe that when someone here dies, 413 00:29:20,508 --> 00:29:22,927 your soul takes the form of a shark 414 00:29:23,011 --> 00:29:25,847 and serves as guardian for our people. 415 00:29:26,473 --> 00:29:28,558 There are many sharks around Ni'ihau, 416 00:29:28,641 --> 00:29:31,269 and protect the island from outsiders and evil. 417 00:29:32,896 --> 00:29:36,149 First we frame, We look and we adjust. 418 00:29:36,649 --> 00:29:38,193 - Fantastic. - Very good. 419 00:29:38,693 --> 00:29:40,737 Here, in Hawaiian waters, 420 00:29:40,820 --> 00:29:42,820 animals were discovered oldest in the world. 421 00:29:42,864 --> 00:29:45,867 Corals over five thousand years old. 422 00:29:46,493 --> 00:29:48,286 Two, one, let's go. 423 00:29:49,829 --> 00:29:53,625 When we dive here, We are diving into history. 424 00:29:56,961 --> 00:29:59,047 We're in a place called Hale O'Hono, 425 00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:01,424 which means "turtle's home". 426 00:30:02,008 --> 00:30:06,012 There are several places in the ocean where animals go to be cleaned. 427 00:30:06,095 --> 00:30:08,181 They have parasites and algae and things in their bodies, 428 00:30:08,264 --> 00:30:12,602 and other animals eat it. It's a symbiotic relationship. 429 00:30:24,113 --> 00:30:26,950 - I saw a huge moray eel down there. - Yes. 430 00:30:27,033 --> 00:30:29,118 Yes, we went to a small recess, 431 00:30:29,202 --> 00:30:34,082 We looked and a huge moray eel came out, showing teeth. 432 00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:42,715 There's a seal there! 433 00:30:58,189 --> 00:31:02,026 Monk seals in Hawaii are endangered. 434 00:31:07,991 --> 00:31:13,121 I saw one, in its cave, with their mustaches. 435 00:31:14,247 --> 00:31:17,458 I was there resting. 436 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:29,637 Protect monk seals, the turtles, the coral reefs. 437 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:31,514 All the little things. 438 00:31:32,682 --> 00:31:36,436 Saving them, we saved huge parts of the ocean 439 00:31:36,519 --> 00:31:40,273 and we also save Humanity. 440 00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:48,531 Ni'ihau is the entrance to Paradise, 441 00:31:49,407 --> 00:31:52,410 a protected area called Papahanaumokuakea. 442 00:31:53,202 --> 00:31:57,040 Created as a national monument by President George W. Bush, 443 00:31:57,123 --> 00:32:00,543 it was at the time the largest protected habitat in the world. 444 00:32:00,627 --> 00:32:02,045 I want to thank Sylvia Earle. 445 00:32:02,128 --> 00:32:06,257 She sat me down and gave me a beautiful lesson about life. 446 00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:11,846 In 2006, when Papahanaumokuakea was created, 447 00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:15,058 it was the biggest and now it is the tenth. 448 00:32:15,141 --> 00:32:18,186 This inspired other countries to do the same. 449 00:32:19,562 --> 00:32:20,980 Maybe we can do it again. 450 00:32:21,689 --> 00:32:22,982 The objective is this, 451 00:32:23,858 --> 00:32:27,445 extend the monument to the limit 322 km from American waters. 452 00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:30,740 The largest terrestrial or marine sanctuary. 453 00:32:32,325 --> 00:32:36,204 I strongly support the increase the size of the monument. 454 00:32:36,287 --> 00:32:39,707 There is nothing else like it in the world. We have to protect him. 455 00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:43,836 Take steps that serve as a model to other places we don't control. 456 00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:49,008 It's a bold decision we count on that President Obama takes. 457 00:32:50,134 --> 00:32:53,596 I provide the best fish for everyone and I guarantee you... 458 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,641 The industry is against of longline fishing. 459 00:32:56,724 --> 00:32:58,351 They continue to... 460 00:32:58,434 --> 00:33:00,186 our... 461 00:33:00,269 --> 00:33:03,940 I strongly oppose the proposal of enlarging the monument. 462 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:08,111 There is no scientific proof that support additional benefits 463 00:33:08,194 --> 00:33:12,448 by expanding the no-fishing zone. 464 00:33:15,118 --> 00:33:19,288 The reason for protection is to protect it from future threats. 465 00:33:20,248 --> 00:33:22,583 Because the human population is increasing, 466 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:25,003 human exploitation of the environment is increasing 467 00:33:26,421 --> 00:33:29,132 and there will be more and more pressure in the coming years, 468 00:33:29,215 --> 00:33:31,259 decades or even centuries, 469 00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:35,596 to explore areas that have not yet been explored. 470 00:33:37,890 --> 00:33:42,603 And the problem is that most from the seabed is not visible. 471 00:33:42,687 --> 00:33:45,273 People have no idea about biodiversity 472 00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:47,817 and how important it is not just for us, 473 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:49,819 but for the future of Humanity. 474 00:33:49,902 --> 00:33:53,448 And many of these organisms at the bottom of the sea haven't even been discovered yet. 475 00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:56,868 The ocean is so little known what scientists discover 476 00:33:56,951 --> 00:33:59,245 thousands of new species every year. 477 00:34:00,997 --> 00:34:04,292 Richard and the other explorers they use a mixture of gas with helium 478 00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:07,336 to venture in the cold and mysterious world 479 00:34:07,420 --> 00:34:09,881 between 60 and 150 m deep, 480 00:34:10,631 --> 00:34:13,801 finding an average 12 to 15 new species 481 00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:15,928 per hour of exploration. 482 00:34:17,013 --> 00:34:19,515 This is underwater territory. 483 00:34:20,308 --> 00:34:24,312 It's ice water. Here, the water is cold! 484 00:34:29,442 --> 00:34:33,654 RESEARCH SHIP FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII 485 00:34:34,530 --> 00:34:37,992 I had the privilege of being with boys, 486 00:34:39,368 --> 00:34:42,163 to see the world through their eyes. 487 00:34:43,331 --> 00:34:45,458 I'm going to dive to the bottom. 488 00:34:47,001 --> 00:34:50,046 I'm nervous. Don't get me wrong. 489 00:34:50,713 --> 00:34:52,924 I'm going with Sylvia, so everything will be fine. 490 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:55,802 I'm going to the bottom of the sea. See you later. 491 00:35:08,356 --> 00:35:10,733 Pisces 5, are you listening? 492 00:35:10,817 --> 00:35:13,653 Received. The hatch is closed. Ready to dive. Finished. 493 00:35:14,028 --> 00:35:16,697 Received. The hatch is closed. Ready to dive. 494 00:35:17,198 --> 00:35:20,451 Sylvia dove last time here almost 40 years ago, 495 00:35:20,827 --> 00:35:23,621 using a diving suit special called JIM. 496 00:35:23,704 --> 00:35:26,332 There's a new tool in the sea. 497 00:35:26,415 --> 00:35:29,836 Move with the slow rhythm of a mechanical monster. 498 00:35:30,461 --> 00:35:33,756 The question is whether scientists they can wear the JIM costume 499 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,008 for dives greater than 305 m. 500 00:35:36,509 --> 00:35:37,885 If successful, 501 00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:40,847 she will be the first woman walking on the bottom of the sea 502 00:35:40,930 --> 00:35:43,516 at a depth of more than 305 m. 503 00:35:44,851 --> 00:35:47,478 I see. It's the bottom. 504 00:35:49,230 --> 00:35:51,732 Sylvia is looking of signs of change. 505 00:35:53,067 --> 00:35:55,945 When we are close to the surface, is blue, 506 00:35:56,445 --> 00:35:59,949 but as we go down we see different shades of blue 507 00:36:00,032 --> 00:36:04,078 and it gets darker and darker. And then everything goes black. 508 00:36:04,495 --> 00:36:09,375 It's really black. There is no ambient light. 509 00:36:21,596 --> 00:36:23,222 It feels like a different world. 510 00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:28,978 In fact, our world is that it is different. This is normal. 511 00:36:36,277 --> 00:36:40,823 A new life is revealed: an unknown choir. 512 00:36:40,907 --> 00:36:43,367 Chris doesn't even know what species it is. 513 00:36:43,451 --> 00:36:47,455 This only grows here. I've seen this in the northwest islands. 514 00:36:47,538 --> 00:36:49,540 It's everywhere. 515 00:36:53,169 --> 00:36:57,006 It looks like a magic carpet. My God. It's beautiful. 516 00:36:58,299 --> 00:37:01,802 But it's better than an old rug. It's alive. 517 00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:03,930 It's a living flying carpet. 518 00:37:05,014 --> 00:37:07,642 Sylvia never took her eyes off the window. 519 00:37:07,725 --> 00:37:11,187 She was excited to see things that I hadn't seen in so long. 520 00:37:18,152 --> 00:37:20,321 Swimming well above the lane. 521 00:37:21,447 --> 00:37:23,157 The ray ate anything. 522 00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:25,743 It trapped one of those fish underneath it. 523 00:37:26,369 --> 00:37:29,372 It's unbelievable. You got one of those Polymixia. 524 00:37:30,039 --> 00:37:32,333 Pieces 5, Pieces 4, are you listening? 525 00:37:32,416 --> 00:37:35,670 We just saw two rays eating Polymyxia. 526 00:37:35,753 --> 00:37:36,837 Here comes the stingray. 527 00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:40,299 I never knew anyone who had observed this. 528 00:37:40,383 --> 00:37:42,593 It took a boy with a new look 529 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:45,680 to realize something that has always happened, 530 00:37:45,763 --> 00:37:50,434 because after Finn said, it was happening everywhere. 531 00:37:50,977 --> 00:37:53,271 A small eel swam to... See? 532 00:37:53,354 --> 00:37:54,772 Yes, I filmed it. 533 00:37:56,899 --> 00:37:59,777 For Sylvia, There is a fundamental question: 534 00:37:59,860 --> 00:38:02,905 What is the status of this special place? 535 00:38:04,073 --> 00:38:07,076 I saw a forest of Isididae corals, 536 00:38:07,576 --> 00:38:09,870 in 1979. 537 00:38:11,580 --> 00:38:14,166 The good news is that they are still there. 538 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:19,922 Since I started exploring the oceans, in the 1950s, 539 00:38:20,006 --> 00:38:22,383 about half of the coral reefs disappeared. 540 00:38:23,009 --> 00:38:26,595 But deep coral reefs still give us hope. 541 00:38:26,679 --> 00:38:28,431 On your first dive here, 542 00:38:28,514 --> 00:38:32,143 Sylvia saw corals at 366 m depth, 543 00:38:32,643 --> 00:38:35,062 to develop in absolute darkness. 544 00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:38,149 This coral emits light when touched. 545 00:38:38,232 --> 00:38:40,901 Bioluminescence, a wonder of nature 546 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:42,611 which was never filmed without lights. 547 00:38:42,695 --> 00:38:47,408 To see her in her natural state It takes a revolutionary camera, 548 00:38:50,202 --> 00:38:52,747 that shoots at an ISO sensitivity of four million. 549 00:38:54,915 --> 00:38:56,709 Take a good look. 550 00:38:58,878 --> 00:39:02,631 The first color video of bioluminescence from a coral. 551 00:39:05,509 --> 00:39:07,094 Take a good look. 552 00:39:09,638 --> 00:39:11,098 It's a beauty. 553 00:39:18,397 --> 00:39:23,110 We were successful with the camera in reduced light. 554 00:39:29,450 --> 00:39:31,702 Looks like the Avatar. 555 00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:37,792 Not everyone has seen the Grand Canyon, 556 00:39:37,875 --> 00:39:40,503 but the Grand Canyon and other beautiful places 557 00:39:40,586 --> 00:39:44,840 are valued as treasures by the country's citizens. 558 00:39:46,133 --> 00:39:49,512 When people know the cliffs, the gorges, 559 00:39:49,595 --> 00:39:51,931 the animal life that exists in the depths of the sea, 560 00:39:52,014 --> 00:39:53,891 this will also be valued. 561 00:39:57,186 --> 00:40:01,607 - That coral is so viscous. - Is that so. 562 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:04,568 Sylvia's mysterious specimen. 563 00:40:04,652 --> 00:40:10,533 We don't know how old they are, We don't know what species it is. 564 00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:15,830 Who are you? Where did you come from? Who are your parents? 565 00:40:18,290 --> 00:40:21,043 I'm sorry for pulling you out of the ocean. 566 00:40:21,127 --> 00:40:22,128 Yes. 567 00:40:23,587 --> 00:40:25,214 We are all marine animals. 568 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,092 Just like the animals that live in the sea, 569 00:40:28,592 --> 00:40:30,428 all life, including humans, 570 00:40:30,511 --> 00:40:34,682 needs the ocean. The ocean needs us now. 571 00:40:36,225 --> 00:40:38,436 There's a blue country there 572 00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:42,523 and nowhere is this more evident than in the Hawaiian Islands. 573 00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:50,114 The hope is that President Obama enlarge the monument 574 00:40:50,197 --> 00:40:55,202 and this will be a contribution gigantic for the world. 575 00:40:55,286 --> 00:40:59,457 I implore everyone to understand science, 576 00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:02,293 that understand what is really happening. 577 00:41:02,376 --> 00:41:05,754 And I guarantee you that if you analyze the question rationally and objectively, 578 00:41:05,838 --> 00:41:08,090 they will see that science supports enlargement. 579 00:41:17,016 --> 00:41:19,768 Throughout life, Sylvia dreamed and fought 580 00:41:19,852 --> 00:41:23,105 so that the protection of the oceans become a reality. 581 00:41:24,273 --> 00:41:26,692 And now, an epic statement. 582 00:41:27,735 --> 00:41:32,948 We created national monuments from Maine to Ohio to California. 583 00:41:33,032 --> 00:41:36,368 Last week, I created the largest marine reserve in the world. 584 00:41:37,286 --> 00:41:39,663 Quadrupling the size of our monument, 585 00:41:39,747 --> 00:41:44,835 an area twice as large the size of Texas will be protected, 586 00:41:44,919 --> 00:41:47,713 which will allow us to save and study the fragile ecosystem 587 00:41:47,796 --> 00:41:49,673 threatened by climate change. 588 00:41:53,093 --> 00:41:57,806 Tomorrow I will go to Midway Atoll to see it in person. 589 00:42:01,060 --> 00:42:03,437 Before being a nature reserve, 590 00:42:03,521 --> 00:42:05,606 Midway Atoll was a US naval base 591 00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:10,945 and the site of one of the battles most important in US history. 592 00:42:11,570 --> 00:42:14,031 Midway Atoll, where we are, 593 00:42:14,114 --> 00:42:18,202 was considered a turning point in World War II. 594 00:42:25,376 --> 00:42:27,670 They were kids who flew the planes. 595 00:42:28,337 --> 00:42:32,383 Boys fighting, risking their lives. 596 00:42:38,681 --> 00:42:41,058 Today we have a different war. 597 00:42:42,810 --> 00:42:45,187 It's not one country against another, 598 00:42:45,271 --> 00:42:48,941 It's humanity against the rest of the biodiversity. 599 00:42:49,733 --> 00:42:52,236 The biggest problems that we face right now 600 00:42:52,319 --> 00:42:53,959 have to do with climate change. 601 00:42:56,490 --> 00:43:00,869 We have a unique opportunity to stabilize things, 602 00:43:00,953 --> 00:43:05,165 protect natural systems which are still in good condition 603 00:43:05,249 --> 00:43:07,710 and recover what we can. - We are the natural world. 604 00:43:07,793 --> 00:43:08,919 Well, we are. 605 00:43:09,003 --> 00:43:12,464 We get used to thinking that we are not even animals, but we are. 606 00:43:12,548 --> 00:43:15,884 There were four billion years of development 607 00:43:15,968 --> 00:43:18,178 that allowed us to survive 608 00:43:18,262 --> 00:43:20,931 and if we think we can change this in 100 years, 609 00:43:21,015 --> 00:43:22,725 we are very mistaken. 610 00:43:22,808 --> 00:43:26,395 I quote it at the end of the presentations I give. 611 00:43:27,605 --> 00:43:30,357 What we do in the next ten years 612 00:43:30,441 --> 00:43:33,777 will impact what happens in the next ten thousand years. 613 00:43:35,487 --> 00:43:39,033 We are at a crucial moment in history. 614 00:43:39,116 --> 00:43:41,452 We have to act now. 615 00:43:45,998 --> 00:43:49,293 Doctor, how are you? I have deep respect 616 00:43:49,376 --> 00:43:53,130 for someone who did so much for ocean conservation. 617 00:43:53,213 --> 00:43:58,385 - It's a good start. - You did a fantastic job. 618 00:43:58,469 --> 00:44:00,971 I see that one of your voters came here. 619 00:44:01,055 --> 00:44:04,433 I've seen it. Doesn't seem very enthusiastic for meeting the president. 620 00:44:05,142 --> 00:44:07,061 Is that so. 621 00:44:07,144 --> 00:44:10,773 Why is it so important Can we preserve this for the future? 622 00:44:10,856 --> 00:44:12,858 We have a monk seal back there, 623 00:44:12,941 --> 00:44:15,361 one of the marine species most threatened in the world. 624 00:44:15,444 --> 00:44:18,614 We have seven thousand marine species here, 625 00:44:18,697 --> 00:44:22,201 many of which only exist in this ecosystem, 626 00:44:22,284 --> 00:44:24,536 and all of this can be affected by climate change. 627 00:44:24,620 --> 00:44:27,831 It's not just a question of "tree lovers". 628 00:44:27,915 --> 00:44:31,502 - Fish lovers. - Or fish or coral lovers. 629 00:44:31,585 --> 00:44:33,962 We all depend on these ecosystems. 630 00:44:34,046 --> 00:44:38,467 - Yes! - They are very resistant 631 00:44:38,550 --> 00:44:39,802 if we do what we must, 632 00:44:39,885 --> 00:44:42,554 but they are also very fragile, when we do what we shouldn't. 633 00:44:42,638 --> 00:44:44,640 People have to know. 634 00:44:44,723 --> 00:44:49,436 It is not enough to talk about policies in the abstract, people have to see, feel, 635 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:52,940 to be able to understand that why are we fighting 636 00:44:53,023 --> 00:44:55,275 and why this is so important. 637 00:45:03,409 --> 00:45:05,035 We dive to celebrate, 638 00:45:05,119 --> 00:45:07,955 while Brian takes the first underwater photo 639 00:45:08,038 --> 00:45:09,748 of an American president. 640 00:45:19,216 --> 00:45:20,801 Just two weeks later, 641 00:45:20,884 --> 00:45:23,637 President Obama gives another very important step, 642 00:45:23,721 --> 00:45:25,764 creating the National Marine Monument 643 00:45:25,848 --> 00:45:28,225 of the Canyons and Northeast Seamounts, 644 00:45:28,308 --> 00:45:30,519 the first in the Atlantic Ocean. 645 00:45:35,607 --> 00:45:39,027 The mission to safeguard the future is gaining recruits. 646 00:45:39,111 --> 00:45:43,115 To prevent glasses from fogging up underwater, they have to use spit. 647 00:45:48,370 --> 00:45:49,913 Defog them. 648 00:45:52,374 --> 00:45:55,836 If we clean this river, Do you think we can clean the world? 649 00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,631 It's not "if", we can and we have to do it. 650 00:45:59,715 --> 00:46:01,800 There is no more urgent task. 651 00:46:01,884 --> 00:46:04,136 Our problems are caused by man, 652 00:46:04,219 --> 00:46:06,346 which can be resolved by man. 653 00:46:06,430 --> 00:46:09,224 We all inhabit this small planet. 654 00:46:10,684 --> 00:46:12,311 We all breathe the same air. 655 00:46:12,394 --> 00:46:14,521 We all value our children's future 656 00:46:15,856 --> 00:46:17,566 and we are all mortal. 657 00:46:23,989 --> 00:46:27,576 These environmental victories historical stories are a great start, 658 00:46:28,327 --> 00:46:30,704 but there is still a lot to do. 659 00:46:31,622 --> 00:46:36,418 By Cashes Ledge, by St. Croix, by Bank of Ewing 660 00:46:36,502 --> 00:46:38,337 and most of the oceans. 661 00:46:39,213 --> 00:46:42,716 They didn't cause the problems, they inherited them. 662 00:46:44,009 --> 00:46:49,181 But now it's up to you try to recover 663 00:46:49,264 --> 00:46:51,725 a part of what was lost. 664 00:46:52,226 --> 00:46:55,854 Save the world and our relationship with it. 665 00:46:55,938 --> 00:46:58,148 PROTECT THE OCEAN AS IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. 666 00:46:58,232 --> 00:46:59,274 BECAUSE IT DEPENDS. 667 00:46:59,358 --> 00:47:00,734 Subtitles: Joana Barata