All marine 'salt water' species seen in home aquariums
are wild-caught. 70-100 tons of wild marine fish are
captured each year for the aquarium trade.

Seahorses mate for life. When a partner is lost it is unlikely
that the remaining mate will ever find a new partner.

An estimated 70 percent of global fish stocks
are 'over-exploited', 'fully exploited', 'depleted'
or recovering from prior over-exploitation.

At least 44,000 albatrosses are entangled
 by tuna long-line fisheries every year.

As much as 8.8 million tons of oil enter the ocean
 every year as the result of human activity.

Sea otter fur is the thickest fur of any animal.
It has up to 1 million hairs per square inch.
A human has only about 20,000 hairs on his or her entire head.