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“On a moonless night, legend has it that Neptune will summon the starfish to the surface of the sea, lighting his path to the shore. Thus a lost mariner can reach safety simply by following “Neptune’s Highway,” these stepping stones on the surface of the abyss.” Anon Starfish are truly ancient; they predate the dinosaurs by hundreds of millions of years and have survived all five of the Earth's major mass extinction events. Whether they can survive the current ongoing mass extinction event – the Age of the Anthropocene – remains to be seen. “𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵 – 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁" “𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯.” 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸: 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦-𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘯-𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘸, 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯, 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘴, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘥; 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦-𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥; 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯; 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦; 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘸, 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴; 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯... Mark Stewart Ocean Conservation Trust Sustainable Ocean Alliance Ocean Conservancy Surfers Against Sewage Deep Sea Conservation Coalition Sea Shepherd Global WWF Greenpeace Whale and Dolphin Conservation Sussex Dolphin Project #MarineConservation #BlueCarbon #Seagrass #EnvironmentalScience #Sustainability #ClimateAction #OceanConservation #EnvironmentalManagement #MarineEcology #CoastalProtection #Nature Alix Willemez, PhD Luke McMillan