Deep Sixed

What's the only thing WORSE than a dream? A memory. Deep Sixed is an extensive look at a variety of marine species that have become extinct over the last 200 years largely due to habitat destruction by humanity. Check out these wonderful creatures that we only have memories of and will never see again. These species show exactly why the Academy is so passionate about raising awareness about the real problems affecting our current marine life and acts to expose individuals protecting the oceans.
Japanese Sea Lion
Caribbean Monk Seal
Baiji River Dolphin
Steller's Sea Cow

The wonderfully apt song "Please don't go" by Barcelona was a superb choice by Jon Rawlinson in this short masterpiece shot at the Okinawa Aquarium. With over 3.1 million people viewing this tranquil and soothing piece, Jon a passionate ocean conservationist, leaves us with a harrowing feeling of humanity's future relationship with the natural world: Will generations of humanity only be able to see nature's most diverse wildlife through glass windows and cages? Each day we are getting closer to deep sixing more of nature's greatest creatures because of our maltreatment of the natural world. We must support those willing to make a difference to improve the environment, expose those who won't and we have to act now.

"No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal." - Jacques Yves Costeau