Countries commit to completely sustainable management of their ocean waters by 2025
The 14 countries of High Level Panel for Sustainable Ocean Economy made the commitment for their waters and called on all other coastal nations to pledge the same goal by 2030
Canada, Japan, Norway and 11 other countries that account for almost 40% of the world's coastline and 30% of the world's Exclusive Economic Zones have pledged to develop individual sustainable management plans targeting sustainable use of the ocean and economic growth