1 Introduction: Why Re-envision the Anthropocene Ocean?Robin Kundis CraigJeffrey Mathes McCarthyPart I Re-envisioning the Ocean as ConnectionEditors' Introduction to Part I2 Literary Oceans: Ship, Crew, ClimateJeffrey Mathes McCarthy3 Creating Ocean: Planetary Immersion and Premodern GlobalizationSteve Mentz4 Minds Tossing on the Ocean: Venice, the Sea, and the Crisis of ImaginationShaul Bassi5 Mobilizing Vessels and Voices: "A Climate Movement in the Pacific, for the Pacific, and with the Pacific"Taylor CunninghamPart II Re-envisioning Ocean ProtectionEditors' Introduction to Part II6 Humanity's Changing Relationship with the OceanJeremy B. C. Jackson7 A Reservation of WaterThomas Michael Swensen8 Re-envisioning the Value of Marine Spaces in Law: Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association v. RossRobin Kundis Craig9 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Reforming the National Ocean Policy for the Twenty-First CenturyNathaniel E. Broadburst10 Rights of Nature: The Answer to Our Oceanic Issues?Abigail BeneshPart III Re-envisioning Ocean ActionEditors' Introduction to Part III11 Plastic in the Pacific: How to Address an Environmental CatastropheChristopher Finlayson12 Recrafting Narratives to Disrupt the Oceanic Plastic PlagueBrenda B. Bowen13 Adaptive and Interactive Futures: Developing "Serious Games" for Coastal Community Engagement and Decision-MakingKathryn K. DaviesBenjamin A. DaviesPaula BlackettPaula HollandNicholas Cradock-Henry14 The Human Face of the Ocean: Creative Collaboration for ConservationTierney Thys15 Conclusion: Ocean Wildlife Photography as a Metaphor for the Anthropocene OceanRobin Kundis CraigAppendices: Inspiring Ocean VoicesEditors' IntroductionAppendix A A Deeper Historical Perspective1 Excerpt from The Free SeaHugo Grotius2 "They that Occupy Their Business on Great Waters," excerpt from AtlanticSimon Winchester3 "From Davy Jones' Locker to the Foot Locker: The Case of the Floating Nikes," excerpt from The Social Construction of the OceanPhilip E. SteinbergAppendix B A Broader Global Perspective1 "Our Sea of Islands"Epeli Hau'ofa2 "Just Where Does One Get a License to Kill Indians?," excerpt from The Sea Is My CountryJoshua L. Reid3 "Praise Song for Oceania"Craig Santos Perez4 Excerpt from "Rehabilitation: A Proposal for a Climate Compensation Mechanism for Small Island States"Maxine BurkettAppendix C A Snapshot of the Last Century of Scientific Calls to Arms1 "The Encircling Sea," excerpt from The Sea Around UsRachel Carson2 "Summary for Policymakers," excerpt from Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeAbout the ContributorsIndex