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> people whose lives and livelihoods depend on the ocean (somewhere around 1 billion people). Can you give a source on that? Thanks.

• uoaei 3y ago
  The World Bank says "Billions of people worldwide —especially the world’s poorest— rely on healthy oceans as a source of jobs and food" https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/oceans-fisheries-and-coastal-economies https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/oceans-fisheries-and-coas... The UN says the oceans are "the main source of protein for more than a billion people around the world". https://www.un.org/en/observances/oceans-day https://www.un.org/en/observances/oceans-day