Where you used to put out a fishing line 50 years ago and catch 10 species, now you catch five species for the same amount of effort. That's a recipe for ecological collapse and disaster.
"Dr. Boris Worm" is a Marine Research Ecologist and Associate Professor at Dalhousie University, Canada. He has made scientific contributions to the fields of marine ecology and fisheries conservation. Worm was a postdoctoral fellow under the late Ransom Myers and now leads his own lab at Dalhousie. The Worm Lab includes students and postdoctoral fellows engaged in the study of marine biodiversity, its causes, consequences of change, and conservation.
Dr. Worm is known for his scientific contributions and commitment to spreading public awareness regarding marine conservation. In 2004 he received the German "Heinz Maier Leibnitz"-Award, an award for young researchers from the German Research Foundation (DFG).
More Boris Worm on Wikipedia.It's been a slow-motion disaster. It's silent and invisible. People don't imagine this. It hasn't captured our imagination, like the rain forest.
We found five large hotspots that are still remaining today, and two of those are in US waters.
These areas are really of global significance. It's really important to protect them now, because 20 years from now they may not be there.
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