Protecting 300,000 Miles of Ocean - Paul Rose

Pitcairn Island, once notorious as home of the HMS Bounty's crew post-mutiny, may soon have a more positive connotation: if Paul Rose and his Pristine Seas team have their way, it sits inside of a proposed 300,000 square mile no-take marine reserve. Rose, who also works alongside National Geographic Explorer in Residence Enric Sala, explains that the reserve would be targeted at the large factory-fishing ships that deplete the oceans of their diverse marine life, rather than the few residents of Pitcairn who fish for subsistence. Rose believes a marine reserve would allow the sea life to rebound in a way that would ultimately make fishing better in the future, with a focus on sustainability in the future.