As many of you realize (I hope), to bring the troubled state of the aquatic realm to the fore, this year has been designated by the United Nations and others as the International Year of the Ocean. As I researched this story it occurred to me that the best way to make a point might not be to try to bring any focus, elaboration or opinion to bear, but merely let the facts speak for themselves, like a great photograph — the Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima or the fireman carrying the child out of the rubble of the Oklahoma City bombing. Interpretation can be a needless distraction at times.