The Pacific is the largest ocean in the world.

1. World review of marine fisheries

Oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.

The OCI mission is to conduct worldwide ocean colour monitoring for the study of marine biology.

Oceans are of enormous value to the world's population.

WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WCRP)

A recent study of 83 MPAs worldwide found that conserving 20 30 per cent of the world's oceans would cost between 5 19 billion annually and would create about 1 million new jobs to manage and protect them.

on large scale pelagic drift net fishing and its impact on the living marine resources of the world apos s oceans and seas, unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and its impact on the living marine resources of the world apos s oceans and seas, and fisheries by catch and discards and their impact on the sustainable use of the world apos s living marine resources,

Taking note of the report of the Secretary General on large scale pelagic drift net fishing and its impact on the living marine resources of the world apos s oceans and seas, unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and its impact on the living marine resources of the world apos s oceans and seas, and fisheries by catch and discards and their impact on the sustainable use of the world apos s living marine resources,A 52 555.

Parts of the ocean there look just absolutely apocalyptic.

The Council also expressed its support for the work of the Commission in protecting the marine environment and managing the biological resources of the world's oceans.5

Reaffirming also its resolution 50 25 of 5 December 1995 on large scale pelagic drift net fishing and its impact on the living marine resources of the world apos s oceans and seas, unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and its impact on the living marine resources of the world apos s oceans and seas, and fisheries by catch and discards and their impact on the sustainable use of the world apos s living marine resources,

Reaffirming also its resolution 51 36 of 9 December 1996 on large scale pelagic drift net fishing and its impact on the living marine resources of the world apos s oceans and seas, unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and its impact on the living marine resources of the world apos s oceans and seas, and fisheries by catch and discards and their impact on the sustainable use of the world apos s living marine resources,

The impact of high seas longline fishing in the Pacific, which consists of the largest tuna fishery in the world, can be felt throughout our planet.

Maritime claims and the delimitation of maritime zones

Annex Note on the results of the work of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans

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.

We welcome the reference to oceans in the outcome of the 2005 world summit.

The world was shocked by the undersea earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean region.

WCRP World Climate Research Programme (WMO ICSU IOC)

The Regional Seas Programme has engaged an expert to compile estimates of the direct output value of goods and services for each of the relevant marine sectors of countries bordering the world's large marine ecosystems and regional seas.

Studies from various parts of the world have confirmed that marine litter is found everywhere in the marine and coastal environment, from the poles to the equator and from continental coastlines to small remote islands.

95 International partners International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) World Conservation Union (IUCN) and Pacific Islands Marine Resources Information System (PIMRIS).

So we can bring an entirely new telepresence to the world, throughout the ocean.

Such fishing is the single most serious threat to the world's marine resources today.

15. The world s oceans are not just the domain of Governments and international organizations.

WCRP World Climate Research Programme (ICSU IOC WMO)

The UNEP Regional Seas Programme, covering 17 regions around the world and more than 140 coastal States and territories, provides a framework for regional agreements and conventions and their related action plans to protect the coastal and marine environment.

The Commission s purpose has been, above all, to alert the public and world leaders to the role of the oceans in planetary survival, to the threats facing the oceans and to their more peaceful and sustainable use.

They were the world's largest marine protected area up until last week when the Chagos Archipelago was declared.

In 1997, the United States Academy of Sciences estimated the total input of marine litter into the oceans, worldwide, at approximately 6.4 million tonnes per year, of which nearly 5.6 million tonnes were estimated to come from merchant shipping.

5. The contribution of the resources and uses of the sea to the world economy is enormous.

It was attended by representatives from IMO, UNDP, UNEP, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Secretariat, IOC, the World Bank and the International Seabed Authority.

Pacific Island Forum countries have shown leadership in the conservation and management of the world's rich ocean resources.

Oceans and the law of the sea law of the sea

Oceans and the law of the sea law of the sea

Canada, which has coastline on three oceans the longest coastline in the world has a significant stake in ensuring success.

(ii) World Customs Organization (WCO) The World Customs Organization and Trade Facilitation

For example, IMO, in collaboration with the World Maritime University in Sweden and the International Maritime Law Institute of the International Maritime Organization in Malta, had been successful in increasing the proportion of female candidates in the maritime field.

Item 76 (a) of the preliminary list

(c) Symposium Maritime delimitation , 25 and 26 September 2004, organized by the International Foundation for the Law of the Sea, the Association internationale du droit de la mer, the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law Institute of the University of Hamburg, the Bucerius Law School, the Institut du droit économique de la mer (Monaco) and the Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie

Oceanographer John Delaney is leading the team that is building an underwater network of high def cameras and sensors that will turn our ocean into a global interactive lab sparking an explosion of rich data about the world below.

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