As Dr Judy Mann-Lang, an executive for strategic projects at Cape Town’s Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation points out, the ocean produces almost every second breath we take.

Saambr conservation strategist Dr Judy Mann said research around the world was revealing the negative impacts of seismic surveys on marine life, ranging from plankton to whales.

Douw Steyn (second from the left) and Judy Mann-Lang (next to him) are proud to be part of the World Oceans Day celebrations together with Miss Earth ambassadors and of course a mermaid and turtle.

Judy Mann-Lang, a conservation strategist at the South African Association for Marine Biological Research, told a Daily Maverick webinar on Thursday there is increasing evidence that points to the ...