"The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life," President Theodore Roosevelt told Congress in 1907.
A century later, President Bush literally looked over his shoulder at a portrait of Teddy Roosevelt that hangs in the White House as he shocked and awed his environmental critics by announcing earlier this month the establishment of the world's largest marine conservation area. The new Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument will safeguard a remote, biologically rich string of islands, submerged lands and their surrounding waters, totaling over 84 million acres -- 38 times the size of Yellowstone Park.
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The Blue Revolution: A Global Ecological Perspective World Aquaculture Magazine December 2003 Volume 34 | No. 4
Make no mistake: the Blue Revolution has begun and is needed. What remains to be seen is how this revolution will play out. Will aquaculture repeat the mistakes of or learn from the global expansion and intensification of agriculture? Will aquaculture help achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals of eradicating poverty and hunger while ensuring environmental sustainability? Will aquaculture meet the challenge of becoming sustainable while growing exponentially? Answers to these queries will be markedly affected by trajectories set today. Economic, social and ecological perspectives are all needed to frame the issues and guide the decisions.
The Blue Revolution:
Science and the Information Society 
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Lessons from the Land for Protection in the Sea: The Need for a New Ocean Ethic
