This one's not for the faint of heart: Half the ocean's wildlife is gone. Over 90% of predator fish have been wiped out. And every single day, roughly 100,000 sharks are killed for their fins.In this episode, I sit down with Danny Quintana , an lawyer, author, and founder of the Global High Seas Marine Preserve. They are proposing something radical: a 5-year global moratorium on industrial commercial fishing to let the world's oceans recover before it's too late.We talk about the BBNJ Treaty and why international law hasn't kept up with industrial fishing technology, the ”tragedy of the commons” problem destroying the fisheries, the horrifying and often lawless conditions on industrial fishing vessels, the myth of plastic recycling (only ~9% actually gets recycled), why redirecting defense spending toward space and ocean exploration could change everything, and what YOU can actually do to shift the balance back toward a healthy planet.This isn't a doom-and-gloom conversation. Danny is an eternal optimist, and by the end of this episode, you might be too.