Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-224) and index.

Chapter 1: WHAT THREATENS THE WORLD'S OCEANS? -- Human Activities Threaten the World's Oceans -- The Threat to the World's Oceans Can Be Overcome -- Loss of Coral Reefs Threatens the World's Oceans -- Efforts to Protect the World's Coral Reefs Are Progressing -- Overfishing Threatens the World's Oceans -- The Threat Posed by Overfishing Is Exaggerated -- Runoff Pollution Threatens the World's Oceans -- Acidification Threatens the World's Oceans -- Chapter 2: WHAT OCEAN POLICIES ARE BEST? -- Federal Regulations Are Necessary to Reduce Cruise Ship Pollution -- Voluntary Efforts Are Adequate to Reduce Cruise Ship Pollution -- Ocean Iron Fertilization May Reduce Global Warming's Impact -- Ocean Iron Fertilization Will Not Reduce Global Warming's Impact -- Ocean Iron Fertilization Will Not Reduce Global Warming's Impact -- The United States Should Ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea -- The United States Should Not Ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea -- Chapter 3: WHAT STRATEGIES WOULD BEST PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE FISHING? -- Aquaculture Will Fill the Gap in the Seafood Supply -- Aquaculture Practices Are Inefficient -- Banning Bottom Trawling Would Protect Deep Sea Ecology -- Expecting Fishing Technologies to Have No Ecological Impact Is Unreasonable -- Marine Reserves Will preserve Dwindling -- Marine Reserves Will Not Stop Destructive Fishing Practices -- Individual Fishing Quotas Benefit U.S. Fisheries -- Individual Fishing Quotas Do Not Benefit U.S. Fisheries -- Chapter 4: WHAT IMPACT DO HUMAN ACTIVITES HAVE ON MARINE MAMMALS? -- The commercial Whaling Ban Is Necessary to Protect Endangered Species -- Whaling Can Be Sustainable When Properly Managed -- Antisubmarine Sonar Harms Marine Mammals -- Antisubmarine Sonar Has Adequate Safeguards to Protect Marine Mammals -- Keeping Marine Mammals in Captivity Is Cruel Exploitation -- Keeping Marine Mammals in Captivity Promotes Conservation.