| Place of Publication | New York, USA : |
| Publisher's Name | Public Affairs, |
| Date of Publication | 2010 |
| Extent | xiv, 322p. |
| Other Details | indexed, 1 map, further reading, 1 table |
| Series Statement Title | A Participant Guide |
| Item Descriptor | A companion volume to the spectacular film 'Oceans' which explored the splendor of the world's seas, showcasing the strange and fascinating creatures that live inits depths. This shows how we can change out lives to help keep the ocean both viable and healthy for centuries to come |
| Formatted Content Note | Sections include - Introduction - where blue meets blue - trouble on the horizon/ Jon Bowermaster; Loving it - on making oceans - an interview with filmmaker Jacques Perrin; The world is blue/ Sylvia Earle; Caught in the same net - the ocean and us/ Carl Safina; Remembering the ocean/ Céline Cousteau; Illuminating the life of the deep/ Edith A Widder; Sea-struck/ Liz Clark; One stroke at a time/ Roz Savage; Climate change and the ocean - an interview with President Mohamed Nasheed, the Maldives; Plastic ocean - our oceans are turning into plastic... are we?/ Susan Casey; Message in a bottle - adventures about the 'Plastiki'/ David de Rothschild; Barging down to the sea - farming the ocean without regret?/ Brad Matsen; Acid test/ Lisa Suatoni; Coral Reefs in crisis/ Abigail Alling; Estuaries, where human and nature meet/ John Cronin; Reasons to worry about the dead zones/ Wilma Subra; For the love of fishes/ Tierney Thys; Whither whales and dolphins?/ Naomi A Rose; Of dolphins and decency/ Richard O'Barry; Adelita - heart of a revolution/ Wallace J.Nichols with Andy Myers; The Bluefin's uncertain future/ Richard Ellis; Open ocean - coming fights over the Arctic/ Lynne Cox; Antarctica on the edge - the future of the Southern Ocean/ Jon Bowermaster; Water planet/ Leonardo DiCaprio; Stories from a blue planet/ Alexandra Cousteau; Why we need a national ocean policy/ Christopher Mann; A holistic approach to haeling the ocean - an interview with NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco; The future of fish/ Callum Roberts; The whale hunter's hunter - an interview with captain Paul Watson; Saving the whales again!/ Jeff Pantukhoff with Pierce Brosnan and Hayden Panettiere; Fish without a doubt/ Chef Rick Moonen; and You've got to get wet/ Christopher Swain
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| Level Content-Audience | General |
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| Subject Entry | Marine resources conservation
Oceans - Environmental aspects
Oceanography - Personal memoirs
Marine biology - Essays |
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