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The sea forgives quickly”
Interview with Yves Paccalet, naturalist of the seas

Yves Paccalet has sailed the seas all his life. This "philosopher-naturalist", as he likes to call himself, worked with Jacques Cousteau for 15 years, observing the sea bottom from onboard the Calypso. Today, he is adamant: sea life, attacked by man, is suffering.

You've been sailing the seas for decades. How do they look?
Sea life is getting worse every year. The most affected areas are sea oases, areas in which life is particularly rich: coral reefs, mangroves, areas where currents meet, upwellings of deep water and the coastlines.

What are the primary threats to oceans?
I think that the greatest danger is overfishing. The FAO* estimates that 80% of fishing areas are overfished or fished to the limit of what nature can bear. We are literally pillaging the seas with our nets! Another problem is that on coastlines, humans are damaging seabeds to build ports, airports, and apartment complexes. Our populations are growing, and more and more people want to live by the sea! And a third, less important threat, is chemical pollution.

Where does it come from?
Sewers and rivers wash chemicals into the seas. They come from industry, but also agriculture, which uses too many pesticides, fertilisers and pharmaceuticals. Then we need to add domestic wastewater (detergents, medications, etc.), because just 15% of the world’s large cities have treatment plants! The problem is we don’t know what happens to these chemical mixes in the sea. In recent decades, dolphins, affected by opportunistic diseases, have been washed up on American shores. For a long time, we thought it was a form of AIDS, attacking their immunity. But, in fact, dolphins feed on animals whose flesh contains high concentrations of chemicals. Their immune system is then attacked by this cocktail of PCBs, dioxides, endocrine disruptors and heavy metals. We need to remember that we too are at the top of the food chain.

What can we do?
When it comes to climate change, the response has to be global. This is all the more essential because oceans are highly reactive. Where there is a political will and the international community reacts, the seas restore themselves quickly. This is especially true for chemical pollution. Stop polluting, and sea life returns. The sea forgives quickly, so we have real reason for hope.

*FAO: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization