"Turning to the Sea" Report
・ Sustaining Economic Benefits
- Work with coastal communities on plans for sustainable development
- Create new incentives to reduce over-fishing
・ Strengthening Global Security
- Ratify Law of the Sea Convention
- Extend the contiguous zone to 24 nautical miles for enforcement
・ Protecting Marine Resources
- Reduce urban and agricultural runoff
- Restore essential fish habitat
・ Discovering the Oceans
- Expand coastal, open ocean, and seafloor observations
- Integrate satellite, buoy, and other observing networks
- Support exploration in underwater areas
Chronology-Y200O
・ 2000-National Action Plan to Conserve Coral Reefs
- Report of US Coral Reef Task Force recommends designating 20% of all US coral reefs as no-take ecological reserves by 2010
・ 2000-UN Informal Consultative Process on Ocean Affairs (UNICPO)
- UN General Assembly discusses fisheries and economic and social impacts of pollution in coastal areas
