1. Why are so many of the world's fisheries in trouble?
2. How are the world's oceans managed from a global perspective and by whom? To simplify that question: who determines legally who can fish, where they can fish, and what they can take?
3. Which particular management actions have proven best for sustaining fish stocks while simultaneously providing high yield?
4. Why is the impending crash of most shark stocks in many areas so important to marine ecosystems and what is the major reason they are being so intensely exploited?
5. A lot of little fish you probably seldom eat and don't know much of such as herring, anchovies, sardines, menhaden comprise a group called forage fish. Why are they important?