blockchain ledgers for, 251
bluefin tuna, 126, 137–41, 143, 144–45, 171
consumer prices and, 249–50
foreign permits, 248–49
human trafficking, 248
krill, 74–75, 155–56, 234–35
of Nassau grouper, 133–34
of octopuses, 262–63
in protected areas, 166–67
remixing seas and, 46–47
shark populations and, 82–86, 94–97, 99–100, 102–8
subsidies, 247–48
tracking of, 84–85, 85n, 100
flapper skates, 101
floating cities, 231–32, 232n
Florida rosy wolfsnail, 31–32
flying squid, 37
forests. See also seagrass meadows
background, 168–69
carbon sequestering by, 227n
future restoration directions, 200
of kelp, 168–86, 196–200 (See also kelp forests)
of mangroves, 161, 194–96, 227, 227n, 239
of Sargassum, 190–92, 190n
“forever chemicals,” 115–17, 115n
fossil fuel corporations, 259
France
conservation efforts by, 164, 166, 227–28
octopuses and, 261–64
plastic pollution and, 240, 241
Freya (walrus), 43
future ocean solutions
for coastlines, 161, 227, 231–33, 232n, 237–40
deep-sea research and mining, 235–36, 251–57
for fishing industry, 131–46, 234–35, 244–51 (See also fishing and farming)
optimism and pessimism balance, xiii–xvii
overview, xviii–xix, 231–37
personal responsibility, 257–60
pollution clean-up, 233–34, 240–44
resources, 269–70