Marine environment, marine resources and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems

Marine environment, marine resources, marine biodiversity and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems

Marine environment, marine resources, marine biodiversity and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems

(a) Protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems

(g) Naturally occurring meso scale marine ecosystems

As an anthropogenic activity in the marine environment, fishing affects marine habitats worldwide and has the potential to alter the functioning and state of marine ecosystems, in particular vulnerable ecosystems as well as the biodiversity associated with them.

One exercise found that marine systems contributed to around two thirds of the total value of global ecological services.

The most dramatically affected marine ecosystems in international waters are likely to be those associated with sea ice.

Collaboration between the Chemosynthetic Ecosystems Group and the Seamounts Group

Recently, in the international debate on the sustainable management of marine resources and the protection of marine ecosystems, there has been a strong focus on the high seas.

In the area of large marine eco systems, attention will be given to the Humboldt Current and the Gulf of Mexico.

The workshop will be held in collaboration with scientists from the chemosynthetic ecosystems group and the seamounts group of the Census for Marine Life.

135. Also recognizes the importance of research on marine genetic resources for the purpose of enhancing the scientific understanding, potential use and application, and enhanced management of marine ecosystems

The Authority has also set up collaborations with the Chemosynthetic Ecosystems Group (ChEss) and the Seamounts Group (CenSeam).

(d) Short , medium and long term ecosystem management mechanisms to address and prevent the decline and extinction of associated species, including fish, billfish, sea turtles, seabirds and marine mammals

A new brochure examines the widespread occurrence of marine litter in areas under the Regional Seas Programme and within the 64 large marine ecosystems around the world, so as to promote integrated management based on ecosystem approaches.

These include assessments of marine litter as a land based pollutant and its impact on critical coastal and marine ecosystems.

Such programmes are already being implemented in the LMEs of the Gulf of Mexico, the Guinea Current and the Humboldt Current.

The Icelandic authorities continue to work on protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems within their national jurisdiction.

Accidental oil spills from tankers can have a catastrophic local impact on marine ecosystems.

These technologies should be environmentally sound in order to minimize effects on marine ecosystems.

Callum Roberts, Professor in Marine Conservation Biology, Environment Department, University of York, United Kingdom, explained how marine reserves could benefit fisheries and ecosystem recovery and stability.

Noting that many Pacific Islands Forum nations depend upon the continued existence of sustainable marine ecosystems,

New Zealand continues to believe that action to address the adverse impacts of fishing activities on vulnerable marine ecosystems is necessary and urgent.

Sensitive and accurate means of predicting the impacts of stressors on marine organisms are needed to strengthen indices of ecosystem health.

Just like marine ecosystems, land based ecosystems normally act as carbon sinks, taking carbon from the atmosphere and using it for growth.

As we have said in the past, Pacific Islands Forum members come from a region that has a high concentration of vulnerable marine ecosystems, including coral reefs and underwater seamounts.

Other delegations proposed to call upon States to urgently agree on an open mechanism to cooperate in the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems.

The representative of the Permanent South Pacific Commission said that its plan of action to protect the marine environment, including vulnerable marine ecosystems, and the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Area of the South East Pacific and its Protocols provided the basis for action with respect to marine debris.

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Marine scientific research is essential in order to understand marine ecosystems, discover sustainable uses of biological resources and assess the potential effects of other ocean activities.

The many thousands of islands are surrounded by a rich complex of coastal ecosystems, including mangroves, sea grass beds and estuarine lagoons.

With regard to the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems, the European Union would like to draw the Assembly's attention to two key processes set out in these draft resolutions.

By and large, the dominant human caused direct effect on fisheries ecosystems is fishing itself,97 thus making the global impact of fishing activities on marine ecosystems a major concern for the international community.

The current debate and the draft resolutions before us assert the commitment of the General Assembly to the issues concerning the oceans and the law of the sea in a context marked by the fear of the serious implications for future generations of the deterioration of marine ecosystems and the excessive exploitation of marine biological resources.

Marine environment and marine resources

Iceland is certainly not the only State that is protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems within its national jurisdiction this is being done by many States all over the world.

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(d) The promotion and encouragement of marine scientific research in the Area through, inter alia, an ongoing programme of technical workshops, the dissemination of the results of such research, and collaborations with the Kaplan Project, ChEss and CenSeam

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81. Reaffirms the importance it attaches to paragraphs 66 to 69 of its resolution 59 25 concerning the impacts of fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems

On 5 October 2001, IMO adopted the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti fouling Systems on Ships, which includes such requirements.