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    • Chapter 1 – 6
      • Fish—Almost out of stock?
      • Are fish farms the future?
      • Fertilizer for the Dead Zones
      • Trash in the surf, poison in the sea
      • The Microplastic Problem
      • The danger of declining diversity
    • Chapter 7 – 12
      • How the ocean slows climate change
      • Warming waters and rising risks
      • Life in the Danger Zone
      • A corrosive future
      • Exploitation and protected areas
      • Who owns the ocean?
    • Chapter 13 – 18
      • Global Hunger for natural Resources
      • Where does the future lie
      • Destination: Ocean
      • World Trade and Price Wars
      • Living with the ocean
      • Towards a New Governance of the ocean
  • 12 Brief Lessons About the Ocean
  • Maps and Graphs
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WHO OWNS THE OCEAN?

For thousands of years people have taken to the sea to fish and trade. For centuries wars have been fought as rival rulers claimed the rights to the sea and its exploitation. And those conflicts have continued to this day.

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