By 2025, aim to eliminate and substantially reducing marine pollution, prioritizing pollution that comes from land-based activities, such as debris and nutrient overload.
By 2020, responsibly manage and safeguard marine and coastal environments to prevent serious harm, including by improving their ability to withstand challenges and taking steps to restore them, so that our oceans can be healthy and productive.
Reduce and deal with the negative effects of ocean acidification, including by strengthening scientific collaboration at all levels.
By 2020, preserve at least 10% of coastal and marine areas, in accordance with national and international regulations and based on the most reliable scientific information.
By 2020, prohibit certain fishing subsidies that contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that support illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing the need for appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing countries.
By 2030, boost the economic benefits for Small Island Developing States and least developed countries derived from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture, and tourism.
Ensure that small-scale artisanal fishers have access to marine resources and markets. Small and artisanal fisheries are crucial for food security and livelihoods in many coastal areas of developing countries.
Enhance scientific knowledge, develop research capabilities, and transfer marine technology, considering the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission's Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, to improve ocean health and increase the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries.
Strengthen the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law, as outlined in UNCLOS, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources.