Only 13% of the world’s oceans are untouched by humans
Industrial fishing now covers 55% of the ocean. Image: REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Kendall Jones
Geography PhD Candidate, University of Queensland
Alan Friedlander
Researcher, University of Hawaii
Benjamin Halpern
Professor, University of California
Caitlin Kuempel
PhD Candidate in Conservation Science, University of Queensland
Carissa Klein
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
Hedley Grantham
Research Associate, The University of Queensland
Hugh Possingham
Professor, The University of Queensland
James Watson
Associate Professor, University of Queensland
Nicole Shumway
PhD Candidate, University of Queensland
Oscar Venter
Associate Professor and FRBC/West Fraser Research Chair, University of Northern British Columbia
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