United Kingdom
bluefin tuna and, 136, 138, 144–45
conservation efforts, 147–53, 154–55, 156–57, 160–61, 166–67, 254n
coral reefs of, 160–61
heat wave in, x–xi
orcas near, 109–10
seaweed farming in, 245
shark protection by, 96–97, 104
United Nations, 241–42, 248
United States
chemical pollution and, 111–12, 115–18
conservation efforts by, 157–58, 158n, 214
sustainable fishing and farming in, 135
University of Cambridge, 259
urchin barrens, 178, 180–84, 196
Vermeij, Geerat, 15–16
viral infections, 113, 121, 177n
Virginia lagoons, 192–94
Volkswagen, 255
Volvo, 255
voting, 259–60
walking sharks, 25–26
Wallasea Island, 237, 239
walruses, 23, 23n, 34, 43, 51
Warner, Briana, 245
wedgefish, 87
weetapoona Aboriginal Corporation, 199
wetland recreation, 237, 239–40
whales
chemical pollution and, 113, 118
commercial whaling, 145–46
conservation efforts, 159–60
evolution of, 20–21
food sources for, 49, 51, 72, 121, 187
migration of, 48–49, 51, 159–60
noise pollution and, 163
as orca food source, 49–50, 110–11
plastic pollution and, 121
in prehistoric seas, 20–21, 22–23
recovery from exploitation, 145–46
