Chapter 1 An Overview of Ocean 1
Unit 1 Marine Physics 2
Text A Ocean Exploration 2
Text B The Riddle of the Tides 12
Unit 2 Marine Chemistry 21
Text A Marine Pollution 21
Text B Centuries of Abuse Have Taken a Heavy Toll 30
Unit 3 Marine Biology 39
Text A Marine Biology and Ocean Life 39
Text B Dolphins：The Most Exciting Sea Creature 47
Chapter 2 Marine Fisheries 55
Unit 4 Fishing Industry 56
Text A Fishing 56
Text B Commercial Fishing：How Fish Get from the High Seas to Your Supermarket 65
Unit 5 Aquaculture Industry 74
Text A Welfare lssues for Farmed Fish 74
Text B Sustainable Marine Aquaculture 83
Unit 6 Aquatic Processing 92
Text A Seafood Products：Before They Reach Our Table 92
Text B Production of Fishmeal and Fish Oil 101
Chapter 3 Aquatic Trade 111
Unit 7 Aquatic Marketing 112
Text A The Largest Fish and Seafood Market in the World 112
Text B Making Wise Choices When Direct Marketing Your Aquaculture Products 121
Unit 8 International Trade 131
Text A Overview of China’S Aquatic Trade 131
Text B Gone Fishing：China’s Threatened Aquaculture 140
Unit 9 Storage and Transportation 149
Text A Home Freezing of Seafood 149
Text B Live Seafood Holding Systems：Review of Systems and Components 160
Chapter 4 Marine Industry 169
Unit 10 Offshore Oil and Gas Industry 170
Text A America：On the Verge of Exporting LNG 170
Text B Chilly North Sea Comes Back to Life 179
Unit 11 Marine Mining Industry 187
Text A Deep Sea Mining 187
Text B Will Deep Sea Mining Yield an Underwater Gold Rush？ 196
Unit 12 Marine Chemical Industry 204
Text A Acid Threat 204
Text B Could Seawater Solve the Freshwater Crisis？ 213
Chapter 5 Marine Transportation 223
Unit 13 Ocean Shipping 224
Text A New Shipping Routes：A Boon or a Bane？ 224
Text B Container Ships Maxing Out 234
Unit 14 Shipbuilding Industry 243
Text A China’s Shipbuilding Industry：Pacing into the Future 243
Text B Blue Growth：Keeping Europe’s Shipyards Afloat 252
Unit 15 Pipeline Transportation 261
Text A Controversial Pipeline Plan Would Bury Carbon Dioxide Under the Ocean off New Jersey 261
Text B Pipelines Are the Safest Way to Transport Energy 270
Appendix 1 Key to the Exercises 279
Appendix 2 Word List 307