Frank Lautenberg actually said...

The--we're not fishing families, but we are fish-eating people, and I thank you all for your testimony.

one the major ones is the acidification of the oceans and its effect on coral, coral being kind of the home place that fish can find refuge ...

Our oceans generate more income for our economy, the U.S. economy, than the entire agricultural sector.

Despite that, our oceans are under assault--water pollution, climate change, offshore drilling--all pose severe threat to their future.