1998 Year of the Ocean Ocean Living Resources 



• Develop environmentally sustainable marine aquaculture to meet growing demands 

 for food 



• Provide enhanced protection for species and habitats at risk 



• Implement integrated marine and coastal area management to protect coastal and 

 nearshore marine living resources 



• Address the problems of the introduction and spread of non-indigenous invasive 

 species 



Against the backdrop of recent reform of the underlying fishery management law in the 

 United States and increased national and international awareness of the value and threats to 

 ocean resources, managers are charting the future and plarming strategies for sustaining marine 

 biodiversity. The critical elements at the heart of this new strategic vision are improvements in 

 science; use of the precautionary approach in fisheries and environmental management; 

 developing cooperative partnerships with users of marine resources and other stakeholders; and 

 exploiting the full potential of ecosystem-based management. Human knowledge and approaches 

 to life beneath the sea have come far in the past 20 years, and international observance of the 

 Year of the Ocean provides an excellent focal point for a renewed commitment to better 

 management in the next 20 years. 



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