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Most people know Ted Danson as the affable bartender Sam Malone in the long-runningtelevision series Cheers But fewer realize that over the course of the past two and a halfdecades Danson has tirelessly devoted himself to the cause of heading off a looming globalcatastrophethe massive destruction of our planets oceanic biosystems and the completecollapse of the worlds major commercial fisheries In Oceana Danson details his journey from joining a modest local protest in the mid-s to oppose offshore oil drilling near his Southern California neighborhood to his currentstatus as one of the worlds most influential oceanic environmental activists testifying beforecongressional committees in Washington DC addressing the World Trade Organization inZurich Switzerland and helping found Oceana the largest organization in the world focusedsolely on ocean conservationIn his incisive conversational voice Danson describes what has happened to our oceans injust the past half-century ranging from the ravages of overfishing and habitat destruction to thedevastating effects of ocean acidification and the wasteful horrors of fish farms Danson alsoshares the stage of Oceana with some of the worlds most respected authorities in the fieldsof marine science commercial fishing and environmental law as well as with other influentialactivistsCombining vivid personal prose with an array of stunning graphics charts and photographsOceana powerfully illustrates the impending crises and offers solutions that may allow usto avert them showing you the specific courses of action you can take to become activeresponsible stewards of our planets most precious resourceits oceans.