Endangered oceans / Louise I. Gerdes, book editor. [print]

Why consider opposing viewpoints? -- Introduction -- chapter 1. What threatens the world's oceans? Chapter preface -- 1. Human activities threaten the world's oceans Baha'i International Community -- 2. The threat to the world's oceans can be overcome Jack Sterne and David Wilmot -- 3. Loss of coral reefs threatens the world's oceans Peter N. Spotts -- 4. Efforts to protect the world's coral reefs are progressing Timothy R.E. Keeney -- 5. Overfishing threatens the world's oceans Ben Carmichael -- 6. The threat posed by overfishing is exaggerated Jim Hutchinson Jr. -- 7. Runoff pollution threatens the world's oceans Kenneth R. Weiss -- 8. Acidification threatens the world's oceans Usha Lee McFarling -- chapter 2. What ocean policies are best? Chapter preface -- 1. Federal regulations are necessary to reduce cruise ship pollution Sam Farr -- 2. Voluntary efforts are adequate to reduce cruise ship pollution Michael Crye -- 3. Ocean iron fertilization may reduce global warming's impact Dan Whaley, Margaret Leinen, and Kevin Whilden -- 4. Ocean iron fertilization will not reduce global warming's impact Andrew Myers -- 5. The United States should ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Benjamin Friedman and Daniel Friedman -- 6. The United States should not ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

chapter 3. What strategies would best promote sustainable fishing? Chapter preface -- 1. Aquaculture will fill the gap in the seafood supply William T. Hogarth -- 2. Aquaculture practices are inefficient Ken Hinman -- 3. Banning bottom trawling would protect deep sea ecology Joshua Reichert -- 4. Expecting fishing technologies to have no ecological impact is unreasonable Nils Stolpe -- 5. Marine reserves will preserve dwindling fish stocks Bijal P. Trivedi -- 6. Marine reserves will not stop destructive fishing practices National Coalition for Marine Conservation -- 7. Individual fishing quotas benefit U.S. fisheries Ronald Bailey -- 8. Individual fishing quotas do not benefit U.S. fisheries Food and Water Watch -- chapter 4. What impact do human activities have on marine mammals? Chapter preface -- 1. The commercial whaling ban is necessary to protect endangered species Ben Macintyre -- 2. Whaling can be sustainable when properly managed Philip Armour -- 3. Antisubmarine sonar harms marine mammals Dick Russell -- 4. Antisubmarine sonar has adequate safeguards to protect marine mammals Donald C. Winter -- 5. Keeping marine mammals in captivity is cruel exploitation Humane Society of the United States -- 6. Keeping marine mammals in captivity promotes conservation Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums.

From Booklist: "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model-not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections-by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens-include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations-all up to date and fully documented. The editing is intelligent and unobtrusive, organizing the material around substantive issues within the general debate. Brief introductions to each section and to each reading focus the questions raised and offer no slick answers."

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