1. Ocean Sciences: Facts From The Depths Kennedy Chadwick

2. The blue whale is the largest animal on our planet. At birth, a blue whale calf is about 25 feet long and weighs more than an elephant. And they do grow up fast: During the first 7 months of its life, a blue whale drinks approximately 379 liters of its mother's milk per day, putting on as much as 200 pounds every 24 hours.

3. An estimated 50-80% of all life on earth is found under the ocean surface. The oceans cover 71% of the Earth's surface. The average depth of the ocean is 3,795 m.

4. 90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the oceans. The highest tides in the world are at the Bay of Fundy, which separates New Brunswick from Nova Scotia.

5. The Worlds Only Underwater Laboratory Aquarius is an underwater ocean laboratory located in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Aquarius is operated by the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

6. The worlds oceans contain nearly 20 million tons of gold.

7. 50-75 people each year are attacked worldwide, with perhaps 8-12 fatalities, according to data compiled in the International Shark Attack File. But WE kill somewhere around 100 million sharks every year through fishing activities.

8. Save Our Seas Fish supply is the greatest percentage of the world's protein consumed by humans. Eighty per cent of all pollution in seas and oceans come from land- based activities. Plastic waste kills up to 1 million sea birds, 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish each year. Plastic remains in our ecosystem for years harming thousands of sea creatures everyday. The High Seas, areas of the ocean beyond national jurisdiction, cover almost 50 per cent of the Earth's surface. They are the least protected part of the world. Although there are some treaties that protect ocean-going species such as whales, as well as some fisheries agreements, there are no protected areas in the High Seas. S.O.S

9. Populations of commercially attractive large fish, such as tuna, cod, swordfish and marlin have declined by as much as 90 per cent in the past century. More than 3.5 billion people depend on the ocean for their primary source of food.