1. Today's impacts, evolution, pressure changes, and the current direction of marine conservation 2. Marine area-based conservation in the context of global change 3. Effects of coastal urbanization on marine species and habitat conservation 4. Marine bioinvasions in the Anthropocene 5. Biodiversity, aquaculture, and conservation of endangered species 6. Conservation of out-of-sight communities and dark habitats 7. A physiological approach to conservation using biomarkers and molecular approaches 8. Conserving marine biodiversity with ecological restoration 9. Citizen science, conservation policies, monitoring, and management