The declared results remind us more readily of the spoiled world of Genesis 3 than those of Genesis 1 or 2: "The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon everything that creeps on the ground, and all fish of the sea" (9.2). BNC
This would be mildly surprising given that the primary emphasis of both the Old and New Testaments is of man's "dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth" ( Gen. 1 v. 26). BNC
At last he said to himself, "Even the birds of the air and the fish of the sea have a better life than I, for at least they have companions." BNC