Special Report

• A Call for Ocean-Policy Reform

  Sarah Chasis

  The time is now for government to respond to long-standing demands for action.

• Restoring the Battered Commons

  Roger Stone

  The degradation of coasts and oceans continues, but faint hopes for improvement are stirring.

• Thinking Big, Valuing the Priceless

  Tundi Agardy

  Big-picture, government-led efforts, involving markets and civil society, could prove to be the last salvation for our precious downstream and offshore ecosystems.

• Carbon Dioxide: The Curse of the Deep

  Marah Hardt

  Ocean warming, acidification, and corrosion wreak havoc on marine populations.

• Toward a Sea Ethic

  Carl Safina

  Expanding our idea of community is a first step to restoring the seas around us.

• Imagining the Oceans in 2025

  Jeremy Jackson

  Entire ecosystems teeter on the brink of extinction as slime and dead zones take over.

• Saccage

  Susan Schiefelbein

  Learning the lessons of Jacques Cousteau.

• Florida's Sea Turtles Besieged

  David Godfrey

  Time is running out to make the sort of policy changes needed to ensure the long-term protection and sustainability of Florida's beaches -- for the well-being of sea turtles and people.

• The Arctic Ocean in the 21st Century

  James McCarthy

  With warming at a rate double the global average, the region's animal populations struggle to adapt.

• Saving the Fish Banks

  Colin Woodard

  The U.S. has made improvements in managing its stocks but only compared to the rest of the world.

• View From the Boat

  Paula Terrel

  An Alaska family with a long history in the fishing industry opposes farmed fish.

• Marine Biodiversity in Jeopardy

  Nancy Knowlton

  The attrition of the world's coral reefs signals far broader and graver problems.

• Ocean Fish Farms and Public-Resource Privatization

  Marianne Cufone

  Industrial aquaculture poses new threats to U.S. waters and fishermen.