The unnatural history of the sea

pt. One: Explorers and exploiters in the age of plenty

The end of innocence

The origins of intensive fishing

Newfound lands

More fish than water

Plunder of the Caribbean

The age of merchant adventurers

Whaling: the first global industry

To the ends of the Earth for seals

The great fisheries of Europe

The first trawling revolution

The dawn of industrial fishing

pt. Two: The modern era of industrial fishing

The inexhaustible sea

The legacy of whaling

Emptying European Seas

The downfall of king cod

Slow death of an estuary: Chesapeake Bay

The collapse of coral

Shifting baselines

Ghost habitats

Hunting on the high plains of the open sea

Violating the last great wilderness

pt. Three: The once and future ocean

No place left to hide

Barbequed jellyfish or swordfish steak?

Reinventing fishery management

The return of abundance

The future of fish.