Sylvia Earle

By the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers, turtles, whales, and many other large creatures that prospered in the Gulf for millions of years had been depleted by overfishing.

American Scientist

Penny Lancaster

I do love fish, and I thought it was healthy without understanding the high mercury levels that fish like tuna, swordfish and halibut can contain.

English Model

Geoffrey Zakarian

Undercook swordfish, and you get rubber. Overcook it, and you lose the fat and succulence.

American Chef

Swordfish is a popular seafood, often served in steaks and known for its meaty texture.

Eating Context

Swordfish are known for their speed and agility in the water, besides their distinctive 'sword'.

Animal Description

Swordfish are a subject of conservation efforts due to overfishing in some areas.

Conservation Status

 seeing animals that we believe are surface animals that live in the top layer of the ocean and encountering them at phenomenal depths like swordfish coming straight at us at 700 meters and yes there was screaming just getting a whole new insight into how deep these animals work that how their world is so

500 Hours In A Sub PIPE...

 life-support system leaving plumes of death in their path the next time you dine on sushi or sashimi or a swordfish steak or shrimp cocktail or whatever wildlife you happen to enjoy from the ocean think of the real cost for every pound that goes to market more

TED Prize wish: Protect...

 are popular pastimes with recreational fishermen vying for the largest catch of the day sharks are also caught commercially for food in many countries they've become a substitute for swordfish which are protected and hard to come by in

Shark Alert!  Species...

 shaking the foundation of our life support system, leaving plumes of death in their path. The next time you dine on sushi -- or sashimi, or swordfish steak, or shrimp cocktail, whatever wildlife you happen to enjoy from the ocean --

Sylvia Earle: How to...

 extracting wildlife from the sea in ways that are clearly not sustainable consider what we're doing to creatures that once thrived in the high seas sometimes near the shores swordfish they're taken so relentlessly that they

What type of world do we...

 are popular pastimes with recreational fishermen vying for the largest catch of the day sharks are also caught commercially for food in many countries they've become a substitute for swordfish which are protected and hard

Shark Warnings PIPE...

 microbes, plankton, fish. Everything that lives here has amazing adaptations for the challenges of such an extreme environment. These animals help support top predators such as whales, tuna, swordfish and sharks.

The discoveries awaiting...

 our global marine life has been slashed in half. And another recent report suggests that of our largest predatory species, such as swordfish and bluefin tuna, over 90 percent has disappeared since the 1950s.

The case for fish...

 like we clear-cut forests. It's hard to overstate the destruction. Ninety percent of large fish, the ones we love -- the tunas, the halibuts, the salmons, swordfish -- they've collapsed.

Dan Barber: How I fell...

 An eight-metre-long giant swordfish, similar to those alive today. The saw-like rostrum is lined with lethal barbs and is, in itself, up to 2.5 metres in length.