Voices on Video

Policy-makers, scientists, businessmen, and fishermen from all over the world are calling out for urgent action to better manage and protect marine resources. Oceans touch their lives in different ways but they all agree that the time to act is now. Some have taken action and say it's possible to restore the oceans' health and productivity. Others raise the alarm and explain how oceans are a source of life, livelihood, and survival.

Dr. Sylvia Earle, Sylvia Earle Alliance (04:22)

Wendy-Watson Wright, Assistant Director General and Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO (01:14)
Nana Nketsia, Paramount Chief, Republic of Ghana (01:57)
Florence Chenoweth, Minister of Agriculture, Liberia (02:58)
Nana Kojo Krah, Fisherman, Republic of Ghana (01:01)
Moana Carcasses Kalosil, Minister of Finance, Vanuatu (00:57)
Rachel Kyte, Vice President, Sustainable Development Network, The World Bank (00:48)
Roger Bing, Vice President, Seafood Purchasing, Darden Restaurants (00:46)
Ahmed Afif, Principal Secretary for Finance and Trade, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Seychelles (00:47)
Alfred Alfred, Finance Secretary, Marshall Islands (00:24)
W. Dexter Paine III, Paine & Partners (01:33)