Index
A
Aalbers, Scott, 118
Aaron, Henry J., 48
Abbey Life, 31
abortions, 10
accessing freshwater, 198. See also water
Achotines Bay, Panama, 110
Achotines Laboratory, 109
actual mortality probabilities, 30. See also mortality
advisories, tuna, 119
Akihiko, Matsutani, 52
Alaska, 142
Exxon Valdez, 163
albatrosses, 124
American bonds, 39
American Samoa, 150
American States Water (AWR), 229
American Water Works (AWK), 229
Ameron (AMN), 238
annuities, providers of, 27
Antarctica, 181
Aqua America, Inc. (WTR), 229
aquaculture, 155–156
companies, 86
tuna farming, 139
Aquaculture Protein Center, 162
Aquafina (PEP), 233
Ogallala, 227
Arctic islands, 181
Arizona, water, 221
Aspinwall, Jim, 66
Assyria, 216
Ataturk Dam, 213
Athens, Greece, 212
Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT), 95, 100. See also bluefin tuna
auctions, tuna, 135. See also tuna
Australia, 105–107
albacore tuna, 117
fisheries, 140
ranching, 167
Australia, Norway, Brazil, New Zealand, and Canada (ANBNC), 226
Australian Tuna Boat Owners Association (ATBOA), 108, 141
automation, effect on productivity, 49
availability of water, 188
Azerbaijan, 218
Azov Sea, 218
Azuero Peninsula, 110
B
Babcock International, 30
bacteria, 200
Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI), 237
Bahamas, water, 230
Bank of Japan (BOJ), 38
Barbados, water, 230
Barnstable, Massachusetts, 136
Basin Water (BWTR), 238
bass, 133
bear markets, 13
Belize, water, 230
Bell, John, 220
Bering Sea, 134
Bestor, Theodore, 170
Bhuyan, Vishaal, 66
Big Island, 142
bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), 95, 100, 119, 121, 149. See also tuna
birth rates, Japan, 45. See also mortality
Bismarck, Otto von, 17
Black Sea, 218
black-box trading, 2
blackfin tuna, 95. See also tuna
bleach, 200
Block, Barbara, 168
bluefin tuna. See also tuna
characteristics of, 97–105
commercial tuna fishing, 122–130
fisheries, 167–174
Thunnus maccoyii, 106–109
Thunnus orientalis, 105
body mass index (BMI), 19
boiling water, 200. See also water
bonds
American, 39
structures, 27
Bosporus, 218
Boston Island, 86
bottled water, 233. See also water
branch lines, commercial tuna fishing, 124
Brazil, 227
bluefin tuna, 100
water, 231
breeding
bluefin tuna, 98
skipjack tuna, 122
yellowfin tuna, 109
tuna, 92
Bregazzi, Roberto Mielgo, 140, 144, 153–155
Brill, Richard, 96
Brookings Institution, 48
Buffett, Warren, 231
building demographic frameworks, 7–8, 12, 14
BumbleBee, 114, 151. See also tuna
buoyancy compensator (BC), 202
Bush, George W., 142
Bushnell, Peter, 96
C
Calgon Carbon (CCC), 238
California, 105
cotton growers, 228
tuna industry, 150
water, 221
California Tuna Canning Company, 150
California Water Service Group (CWT), 229
Cambodia, 216
Canada, bluefin tuna fisheries, 168
cancer cures, 23
canned tuna, 150–152. See also tuna
Cannery Row, 150
Cape Quality Bluefin (CQB), 135
carbon monoxide, 171
Caribbean as spawning area for bluefin tuna, 102
carp, 133
carrier default risk, 69
Cartagena, Spain, 144
catches of various tuna species in the Pacific, 113
Cayman Islands, water, 230
Cedros Island, 140
cero, 96
Chaplin, Geoff, 66
characteristics
of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), 119–121
bluefin tuna, 97–105
(Thunnus maccoyii), 106, 108–109
(Thunnus orientalis), 105
of skipjack tuna (Katsusonus pelamis), 121–122
of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), 109–119
Chevron, 141
Chicken of the Sea, 114, 150. See also tuna
Childers, John, 118
children in China, 10
China, 218
children in, 10
ownership of American bonds, 39
total renewable water, 187
tuna fleets, 171
China Water Group (CHWG), 237
Chinooks, 195
chlorination, 201
chumming, 124
CIA World Fact Book, 7, 191, 215
Cincinnati Zoological Gardens, 174
Cirrha, 211
Clark County, 220
Claymore S&P Global Water (CGW), 239
Clean Seas Aquaculture Growout Pty. Ltd., 93, 164
Clean Water Act, 229
Clinton, Bill, 115
closing costs, reverse mortgages, 75
Coastal Fisheries Programme, 116
codfish
extinction of, 162
stocks, 171
collapse of tuna stocks, 154
Columbia University, 159
commercial tuna fishing, 122–130
commodities, seafood, 85. See also tuna
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), 88
Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (SBS), 231
companies
consumer products, water treatment, 232–234
municipal, 229
conflicts over water, 211
Connecticut Water Service (CTWS), 229
Consolidated Water Company (CWCO), 230
consumer product companies, water, 232–234
consumption
tax rates, Japan, 48
of water, 187
contamination, 210
contestability periods, 67
Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT), 107
Coronado Island (Mexico), 141
Corriero, Aldo, 98
cost of insurance (COI), 64
risk, 68
Costa Rica, tuna ranching, 167
costs
to buy water, 205
of desalination, 205
life settlements, 63–67
to produce water, 205
reverse mortgages, 75
cotton, J.G. Boswell (BWEL), 228
countries with renewable water resources, 190
credit default swap (CDS) markets, 29
Credit Suisse, 30
Credit Suisse Longevity Index, 32
Crusaders, 212
cultural issues, Japan, 51–53
cycle of water. 199. See also Water Cycle
Cyprus, 98
D
da Vinci, Leonardo, 212
daikon, 148
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, 227
Danaher (DHR), 238
Danone (DANOY), 233
Dasani, 233. See also water
debt-to-GDP ratio, Japan, 36
declines in peak spending, 13
Deering Savings & Loan of Maine, 72
default risk, reverse mortgage, 78
Defense Electronics & Services, 235
defined benefit (DB) pensions, 27
demographics, 3
frameworks, 7–14
Japan, 42–51
Dent, Henry S., 12
dependency ratios, 11
derivatives, ICAP market, 33
desalination, 185, 201–204, 219
companies, 234–238
Middle East dependency on, 210
plants, 205
reverse osmosis, 204
Singapore, 213
Deterministic calculators, 63
Deutsche Bank, 31
Dicker, Steven, 30
disaster of 1996, tuna, 94
distribution, tuna, 136
diversification, 69
dogtooth tuna, 95
dolphins, 114. See also tuna
domestication of oceans, 160
dories, 124
Dow Chemical (DOW), 238
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), 13
downstream concessions, water, 226
driftnetting, 124. See also commercial tuna fishing
drinking water, 200. See also water
drought, cycle of, 184. See also water
Dubrovnik, Croatia, 145
Dulce Gulf, 146
Dune, 222
Duoyuan Global Water (DGW), 237
E
Earth Liberation Front (ELF), 214
economic conditions, improvement in Third World countries, 184
economic growth, China, 11
economies, demographics as economic drivers, 7
Economist, The, 49
Japan, 52
eels, 133
Egypt, 185
El Niño, 141
El Paso, Texas, 227
elderly dependency ratio, 11
Ellis, Richard, x, 3
emerging markets, 13
Emperor Seamount chain, 118
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 30
Endangered Species, 152
Energy Recovery Inc. (ERII), 237
Epsom salts, 202
equity, reverse transactions, 55
life settlements, 56–64, 67–72
reverse mortgages, 71–78
Esperanza, 144
ETFs (exchange-traded funds), water, 238–239
Ethiopia, 214–215
Europe, population of, 10
European Parliament’s Fishing Committee, 153
European Union (EU), 144
bluefin tuna, 102
exchange traded funds (ETFs), 238–239
expected mortality probabilities, 30. See also mortality
exports
Japan, 39
tuna, 86
extinction, tuna under threat of, 173–174
extreme mortality bonds, 33
Exxon Valdez, 163
F
Faiella, James, 111
Farley, Jessica, 88
farming
codfish, 171
salmon, 157
fat, ranch-fattened tuna, 146
Federal Housing Authority (FHA), 72
Feldstein, Martin, 38
fertility rates, 45. See also mortality
FICO scores, 28
filters, sand-and-charcoal, 201
Financial Times, Japan, 50
First Trust ISE Water Index Fund (FIW), 239
markets
conserving tuna, 153–164
demand for tuna, 147–152
Tsukiji Market, 133–136
tuna farming, 137–146
meal, 162
trappers, 123
traps, 139
fish-aggregating devices (FADs), 116, 160
fisheries, 2
bluefin tuna, 167–174
Fishing in Bermuda, 111
fishing methods
albacore tuna, 118
commercial tuna fishing, 122–130
tuna, 116
Flinders, Matthew, 93
flocculation, 201
flooding, 183
Flowserve (FLS), 237–238
Fluid Technology, 235
Fluor (FLR), 238
fog drip, 194
frameworks, demographics, 7–14
France
tuna fleets, 154
Veolia Environnement SA (VE), 236
Franklin Electronics (FELE), 238
freezing tuna, 143
G
Galápagos Islands, 105
Galloway, Devin, 220
Ganges River, 216
GDP (gross domestic product)
Japan, 36–42
social security and Medicare, 8
GE (General Electric), 235
gender-biased hiring practices, Japan, 49
gender imbalances, 10
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 115
geopolitics of water, 209–223
Georges Bank, 103
Germany, life expectancies, 18
Giant Bluefin, 167
gingerroot, 148
Ginza Sushiko restaurant, 148
Gleick, Peter, 211
global warming, 165
Goldman Sachs, longevity indices, 33
GORE-TEX fabric, 204
Gorman-Rupp Co. (GRC), 237
Goths, 212
Grand Anatolia Project, 213
Grand Banks, 170
Granjas Atuneras de Golfito S.A., 145
Great Australian Bight, 86, 88
Greenberg, Paul, 172
Greenland, water, 181
groundwater, 198–199. See also water
groupers, 133
growth of Japan, demographics, 47
Guangzhou, Wang, 11
Gucheng Village, 214
Guglielmo Maggio and Mitsui & Co., Ltd., 145
Gulf of Mexico
as spawning area for bluefin tuna, 98, 102
tuna migration, 137
Gulf of Sidra, 98
H
H.J. Heinz, 114
Halidians of Armenia, 211
Hamano, Takahiko, 92
Harada, Yuicchiro, 149
harpoons (spadare), 138
harvesting
bluefin tuna, 103
tuna, 138
Hawaii, 142
health care, Japan, 50
health insurance companies, exposure to mortality risk, 29
Hebei Province, 214
Hebert, Frank, 222
Hemingway, Ernest, 98
Henan Province, 214
Hessians attack of water system, New York City, 212
Hirahara, Hideo, 91
history
conflicts over water, 211
context of life settlements, 58–59
of life settlements, 58
of reverse mortgages, 72–73
holding pens, tuna, 137
Holloway, Marguerite, 156
HollySys (HOLI), 237
home equity conversion mortgage (HECM), 72–78
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Backed Security (HMBS), 76
Honolulu Expresses, 195
Hori, Takeaki, 91
horse mackerel. See bluefin tuna
Huang He (Yellow) River, 212
Huanglongkou Village, 214
Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, 141
human demographics, 2
humidity, 193. See also water
Hydrologic Cycle, The, 191
Hyflux (HYFXF), 236
I
ICAP market derivatives, 33
catch statistics, 169
ice, 183
Ice Mountain Water Company, 214
Idex (IEX), 237
ika shibi (“squid-tuna”), 116
illegal, unregulated, and/or unreported (IUU) catches, 104
immigration
Japan, 46
national security issues based on, 9
Immigration and Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Japan, 2004), 46
Immigration Control Law (Japan, 1952), 46
increase in retirement ages, 18
indemnity, 34
India, 2–3
population, 7
total renewable water, 187
Indian Ocean, 106
indices, 27
Credit Suisse Longevity Index, 32
LifeMetrics Index, 32
parametric, 34
infiltration, 196
Inouye, Daniel, 142
Insituform (INSU), 237
insurable interest risk, 67
insurance
health, exposure to mortality risk, 29
life, exposure to mortality risk, 28
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), 109
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), 101
International Desalination Association (IDA), 202
International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP), 115
International Game Fish Association (IGFA), 106
International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), 31
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), 108
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 108
International Whaling Commission (IWC), 162, 172
Investigator, 93
investments, 2
opportunities, 225
consumer product companies, 232–234
desalination companies, 234–238
ETFs (exchange-traded funds), water, 238–239
water, 226–231
seafood as, 85
iodine salts, 202
Iran, 218
irrigation, 184
Israel, 216
politics of water, 209
Italian Coast Guard, 130
Itron, Inc. (ITRI), 237
ITT Corp. (ITT), 235
J
J.G. Boswell (BWEL), 228
J.P. Morgan, 32
jacks, 133
Japan
cultural/social issues, 51–53
demographics, 42–51
GDP (gross domestic product), 36–42
longevity risk, 35–53
Overseas Fisheries Cooper-ation Foundation, 110
ownership of American bonds, 39
population, 8–9
tuna
fleets, 168
imports, 86
ranching, 167
Japanese government bonds (JGBs), 35, 38
Japanese Journal of Social Security Policy, 50
Japanese Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation (OFCF), 92
Japanese Studies at Harvard, 170
Japanese yen (JPY), 41
Jebel Ali (Phase 2), 205
JFK International Airport, 137
Jordan, 216
Jordan River, 205
Justice Ministry, Japan, 46
K
Kai-shek, Chiang, 212
Kansas State University, 221
Katsusonus pelamis, 121–122. See also skipjack tuna
kawakawa, 96
Kazakhstan, 218
Keith-Reid, Robert, 112
Kenya, 214
Kewalo Basin, 122
kingfish, 96
Kings River, 229
Kobe beef, 170
Koga, Yoshio, 92
Koizumi, Junichiro, 52
Komamura, Kohei, 50
Kotlikoff, L.J., 46
Kuroshio Maru 37, 168
kurtosis risk, 69
L
La Budde, Sam, 129
La Cienega Boulevard, 147
La Jolla, California, 118
Lake Tahoe, 196
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 159
Las Vegas Valley, 220
laws concerning tuna fishing, 142
Layne Christensen (LAYN), 236
Lebanon, 216
Libya, politics of water, 209
life annuities, 27
life expectancies, 14–19
life settlements, 65
life insurance
companies, exposure to mortality risk, 28
policies as property, 58
Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA), 58
Life Markets: Trading Mortality and Longevity Risk with Life Settlements and Linked Securities, 66
life settlements, 18, 56–64, 67–72
investors, 28
markets, 60–61
regulations, 70
risks, 67–69
taxes, 71–72
life spans, 48. See also mortality
LifeMetrics Index, 32
Lindsay Corp. (LNN), 236
Linzhou City, 214
loans, reverse mortgage lenders, 28. See also mortgages
Logan Airport, 136
loins, tuna, 171. See also tuna
longevity
bonds, 31–33
mortality risk markets, 27–34
longline fishing, 113, 116, 124
albacore tuna, 119
Japanese fleets, 100
longtail tuna, 95. See also tuna
Los Angeles Valley aqueduct/pipeline, 212
Losada, Sebastián, 144
losses
indexed to industry losses, 34
modeled, 34
Lubbock, Texas, 227
Lukin, Dinko, 92
Lutcavage, Molly, 99
lutefisk, 172
M
Machievelli, 212
mackerel, 133
as food for tuna, 137
Madhya Pradesh, 214
maguro, 170. See also bluefin tuna
Maine, 136
Malaysia, 213
tuna ranching, 167
mariculture, 140
Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972), 114
markets
bear, 13
life settlements, 60–61
longevity and market risk, 27–34
marlins, 96
Maronite Christians, 212
Marra, John, 159
Masa restaurant, 148
Massachusetts, 136
Matsuhisa restaurant, 147
mattanza (tuna killing), 123
maximum sustainable yield (MSY), tuna, 125, 127
McDonald’s, 170
McKinsey & Co, 47
measurements, 32. See also indices
Medicare, 8
Mediterranean Sea
tuna farming in, 138
tuna ranching, 167
as spawning ground for bluefin tuna, 98
MEGO (My Eyes Glaze Over) syndrome, 112
Mekong River, 216
melting, 196. See also water
Mesa Water company, 227
Mexico, tuna, 115
farms in, 140
ranching, 167
Middle East, dependency on desalination, 210
migration
bluefin tuna, 99
tuna, 137
milk, water used to make, 221
Milliman, 32
Millipore Corporation (MIL), 237–239
Minister of Finance, Japan, 38
Miyazaki, Japan, 109
modeled loss, 34
monsoons, cycle of, 184. See also water
Monte Carlo simulations, life settlements, 63–65
moray eels, 133
Moriguchi, Chiaki, 51
mortality
improvement rates, 23
longevity, 27–34
mortgage insurance premium (MIP), 73
mortgages
lenders, 28
Motion & Flow Control, 235
Mt. Charleston, 219
Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI), 238
Mueller Water Products (MWA), 238
municipal water companies, 229
municipalities, exposure to mortality risk, 29
Myanmar (Burma), 183
Myers, Ransom, 165
N
NaCl table salt, 202
Nalco Holding Company (NLC), 238–239
Nariman Point, LLC., 1
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), 70
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), 221
National Highway System, 230
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (NIPSSR), 43
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 118
National Offshore Aquaculture Act (2005), 142
National Research Council (NRC), 206
national security issues based on immigration, 9
natural resources, 209. See also water
Nestlé (NSRGY), 233
netting, 125
New England Aquarium, 99
New Eurofish of Castellemare del Golfo, 145
New York City, 137
British attack on water system, 212
New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), 133
Nichoro Gyogyo K.K., 168
Nieporent, Drew, 147
Niger River, 216
Nissho Iwai, 171
Nobu restaurants, 147
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 115
codfish, 171
nouveau Japanese restaurants, 147
O
O’Neill, Tip, 219
Oceana, 129
Oceana Ranger, 129
oceans, 199
Ogallala aquifer, 227
Ohio State Museum, 174
Old Age and Disability Insurance Bill of 1889, 17
Olympics, 231
“Onboard Handling of Sashimi-Grade Tuna”, 117
Ono, Hiroshi, 51
opportunities, investments, 225
consumer product companies, 232–234
desalination companies, 234–238
ETFs (exchange-traded funds), water, 238–239
water, 226–231
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 37, 49
Organization for the Promotion of Responsible Tuna Fisheries (OPRT), 149
origination risk, 67
Overseas Fisheries Cooperation Foundation, 92, 110
Ozal, Turgut, 213
P
Pacific magazine, 112
Pacific Ocean, as a tuna fishery, 171
Pall Corp (PLL), 238
Panama, tuna ranching, 167
parametric indices, 34
parasites, 200
Parker Dam, 212
passenger pigeons, 173–174
Patagonian toothfish, 124
Pathet Lao, 216
pathogens, waterborne, 199
payment options, reverse mortgages, 74
peak spending, 13
Peloponnesian War, 212
pensions, 14
defined benefit (DB), 27
Japan, 50
mortality risks, 30
PENTAIR (PNR), 235
Pepsi-Cola (PEP), 233
perch, 133
pharmaceutical companies, exposure to mortality risk, 29
Pickens, T. Boone, 227–228
PICO Holdings (PICO), 228
pilchards, 87
Piraeus, 212
piscivores, 141. See also tuna
Pleistrus River, 211
Poland Spring, 233
policyholders, life settlements, 60–61
politics of water, 209–223
pollution, water, 234
Pontine Marshes, 213
popularity of sashimi, 171
populations, 45
of albacore tuna, 118
of bluefin tuna, 100–101
Europe, 10
India, 7
of skipjack tuna, 122
of tuna, 127
United States, 12
of wild salmon, 158
of yellowfin tuna, 110
Port Lincoln, 86–94, 140, 161, 164
portable purification systems, 200. See also water
positive mortality improvement shocks, 23
potassium salts, 202
PowerShares Global Water Resources (PIO), 238
PowerShares Water Resources (PHO), 238
premiums
risk, 68
prices
life settlements, 63–67
sashimi, 147
seafood, 85
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC), 13
Prince William Sound, 163
processing canned tuna, 151
production, tuna farming, 155
productivity, effect of automation on, 49
products
consumer product companies, 232–234
exposure to mortality risk, 29
providers
annuities, 27
life settlements, 56
Puglisi, Joe, 93
purchase price risk, 68
purification, 219. See also water
companies, 234–238
PX Pressure Exchanger, 237
Pym, Hugh, 38
Q–R
ramp-up risk, 68
ranch-fattened tuna, 146
ranching, tuna, 138–146, 156, 167
raw fish, eating, 148. See also tuna
Red Cross, 203
Red Data Book, 153
Red List of Threatened Animals, 108
regulations. See also laws
harvesting tuna, 138
life settlements, 70
relationships between longevity risks and mortality risks, 24
renewable water resources, 210. See also water
Republic of Korea, 107
Republic of Panama, 109
requirements of farmed fish, 157
resources, water, 181. See also water
restaurants, 171
demand for tuna, 147–148
tuna prices, 173
retirement, 14
ages, 18
reverse equity transactions, 55
life settlements, 56–64, 67–72
reverse mortgages, 71–78
reverse mortgages, 18, 28, 71–78
reverse osmosis
desalination, 204
membrane technology, 203
Review-Journal, 220
risks
life settlements, 67–69
longevity, 27–34
reverse mortgages, 77–78
rivers, 183
Roberts County, Texas, 227
Rocky Mountains, 195
rotifers, 172
Russia, 218
water, 217
RWE (RWEOY), 237
Ryther, J.H., 156
S
Sadat, Anwar, 213
Safe Drinking Water Act, 229
sailfishes, 96
Saladin, 212
farming, 157
wild Atlantic, 157
salt water, 202. See also water
San Antonio, Texas, 227
sand-and-charcoal filters, 201
Santic, Tony, 93
Sargon II of Assyria, 211
sashimi, 88, 146, 169, 171. See also tuna
popularity of, 171
prices, 147
Saudi Arabia, politics of water, 209
Schaefer, Kurt, 110
schooling, 90, 113. See also tuna
Science, 165
scombrids. See tuna
seafood
as an investment, 85
Tsukiji Market, 133–136
conserving tuna, 153–164
demand for tuna, 147–152
tuna farming, 137–146
tuna. See tuna
Seattle mist, 194
seawater, 193
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), 116
securitization, 55
seerfish, 96
semipermeable membranes, 204
sewage, 234. See also water
sex-specific abortions, 10
Shaefer, Joseph L., x, 3
Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), 12
shellfish, 157
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 212
Shexian County, 214
shiro maguro (white tuna), 119
shrimp, 85
Shrinking Population Economics: Lessons from Japan, 51
Sicily, tuna farming in, 145
Siemens (SI), 238
Sierra Nevada, 194
Singapore, 213
SJW Corp, 229
skewness, mitigating, 69
skipjack tuna (Katsusonus pelamis), 95–97, 112, 121–122
social issues, Japan, 51–53
Society of Actuaries (SOA), 66
Solon, 211
Song for the Blue Ocean, 103
sources of water, 210. See also water
South Africa, 105
South America
albacore tuna, 117
availability of water, 189
South Australia, 140
South Pacific, albacore tuna, 117–118
Southeast Asia, 216
southern bluefins (SBT), 169. See also bluefin tuna
Southern Ocean, 107
Southwest Fisheries Center, 118
soy sauce, 148
Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918, 23
Spanish mackerels, 96
Spartans, 212
spawning
behavior, tuna, 92
Mediterranean Sea, 139
skipjack tuna, 122
yellowfin tuna, 109
Speaker of the House, 219
Special Forces, 203
spending life cycles, 13
Spring Mountains, 219
St. Margaret’s Bay, 137
StarKist Seafood Company, 114, 151. See also tuna
Stehr, Hagen, 164
Stevens, Ted, 142
stochastic simulation of returns, 65
stocks
codfish, 171
management, bluefin tuna, 101
tuna, collapse of, 154
Straits of Gibraltar, 98
stranger-originated life insurance (STOLI), 67
strategies, conservation, 161
streams, 199
Stripmining the Seas, 129
sublimation, 195
Sudan, 185
Suez Environnement SA (SZEVY), 236
Sumeria, 216
Sumida River, 133
supply of water, 185. See also water
sushi, 169
restaurants, demand for tuna, 147. See also tuna
swaps, 27
credit default swaps (CDSs), 29
International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), 31
SwapsMarket, 33
swine flu, 34
Swiss Re, 34
T
Taiwan as supplier of bugeye tuna, 149
taxes
decline in revenue, 39
Japan, 48
life settlements, 71–72
Tetra Tech, Inc. (TTEK), 235, 238
Thai Union International, 150
third-party investors, exposure to mortality risk, 29
Thunnus albacares, 109–119. See also yellowfin tuna
Thunnus maccoyii, 88. See also bluefin tuna
Thunnus obesus, 119–121. See also bigeye tuna
Thunnus orientalis, 105. See also bluefin tuna
Tigris River, 205
Tokyo Bay, 133
tonnare (tuna fisheries), 123
toro, 106, 146, 173. See also tuna
Total Actual Renewable Water Resources (TARWR), 186, 193
total allowable catch (TAC), tuna, 127
total renewable water, 190. See also water
trading
oil for water, 185
seafood, 134. See also tuna
TRAFFIC report (1997), 108
transactions
life settlements, 60–61
reverse equity, 55
life settlements, 56–64, 67–72
reverse mortgages, 71–78
trap fishers, 124. See also commercial tuna fishing
Tri-Tech Holding (TRIT), 237
Tri-Union Seafoods, 150
triggerfish, 133
Tromso cod breeding facility, 172
Tsenikili, Sofia, 129
conserving tuna, 153–164
demand for tuna, 147–152
tuna farming, 137–146
Tsukiji: The Fishmarket at the Center of the World, 170
tuna
bluefin
characteristics of, 97–105
fisheries, 167–174
Thunnus maccoyii, 106–109
Thunnus orientalis, 105
breeding, 92
commercial fishing, 122–130
disaster of 1996, 94
dolphin-safe, 115
farming, 89, 137–146, 156, 167
freezing, 143
migration, 137
populations, 127
price data for, 85
skipjack, 121–122
threat of extinction, 173–174
yellowfin, 109–119
Tuna and the Japanese, 91
Tuna Boat Owners Association of Australia (TBOAA), 92
Tuna Club, 112
Tyrrhenian Sea, 98
U
UN Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 191
underwriting, life settlements, 61–62
Unit 731, 213
United Arab Emirates (UAE), 205, 209
United Kingdom (UK), water, 231
United States
body mass index (BMI), 19
population, 12
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 72
U.S. dollar (USD), 41
U.S. Federal Reserve, ownership of American bonds, 39
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 119, 151
U.S. Geological Survey website, 196
U.S. Government Accountability Office, 70
U.S. Navy, 201
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 63
U.S. Tuna Foundation (USTF), 151
United Utilities PLC (UU), 230
Urlama, King of Lagash, 211
USS Vandenberg, 202
utilities, water, 229. See also water
V
Valmont Industries, Inc. (VMI), 237
Value Basic Table, 66
Van Camp Seafood Company, 150
vapor, 195. See also water
Venn, Mark, 66
Veolia Environment (VE), 236, 238–239
“Vertical Longlining and Other Methods of Fishing around Fish Aggregating Devices,” 116
Vietnam, 216
Virgin Islands, water, 230
Volpe, John, 161
W
wahoo, 96
wasabi, 148
Washington, George, 174
wastewater treatment, 234. See also water
water, 2, 181, 193–200, 204–205
availability, 188
China, 216–217
consumer product companies, 232–234
consumption of, 187
cotton, 228
dependency, 189–191
desalination companies, 234–238
ETFs (exchange-traded funds), 238–239
India, 216
investment opportunities, 226–231
location of, 183–191
politics of, 209–223
pollution, 234
Russia, 217
Water & Process Technologies Division (GE), 235
Water Conflict Chronology, 211
Water Cycle, 183, 191–199, 206, 228, 233
Water Division, 236
Water Festival, 183
Water in Crisis: A Guide to the World’s Fresh Water Resources, 181
Water Survival School, 203
waterborne pathogens, 199
Watts Water Technologies (WTS), 238
West Jerusalem’s water supply, 213
whalers, Japanese, 161
“When Environmental Chic Disintegrates,” 232
White Nile River, 215
whole grain bread, water used to make, 221
wholesale fish markets, Tsukiji Market, 133–136
conserving tuna, 153–164
demand for tuna, 147–152
tuna farming, 137–146
Whynott, Douglas, 167
wild Atlantic salmon, 157
wild bluefin tuna, 169. See also bluefin tuna
Wilson, Alexander, 173
workforce populations, Japan, 48
World Cup, 231
World Health Organization (WHO), 216
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), 104, 138, 153–154
World’s Water, The, 211
Worm, Boris, 165
X–Z
XXX bonds, 33
yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), 95–97, 109–119
York Water Company (YORK), 229
Zambezi River, 216
Zhang River, 213
zooplankton, 172