Who owns the open water?

Paul Greenberg, an angler and journalist, follows salmon, sea bass, cod and tuna from the wild to the fish farm, asking which can be caught or farmed sustainably and what the seafood counter should look like.

Mark Kurlansky traces how one fish fed Viking voyages, Basque fleets and New England fortunes, and how centuries of demand ended in the collapse of the Grand Banks fishery off Newfoundland in the 1990s.

Charles Clover, an environmental journalist, investigates industrial fishing fleets, subsidies and weak regulation, arguing that overfishing is emptying the sea and showing what consumers and governments could do instead.

Ian Urbina spent years reporting from ships and ports on crime beyond the reach of law, from forced labor on fishing boats to stowaways, pirates and conservationists chasing illegal fleets.

Olive Heffernan, a science journalist, examines the ocean beyond national borders, where industrial fishing, deep-sea mining and schemes to engineer the climate compete with efforts to protect it.