The leaders of Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Namibia, Portugal, Norway and Palau today released the Transformations for a Sustainable Ocean Economy: A Vision for Protection, Production and Prosperity. The ocean is central to life on earth, peoples' livelihoods and the economy, but the ocean's health is at risk from pressures such as pollution, overfishing and climate change.
'For too long, we have perceived a false choice between ocean protection and production. No longer. We understand the opportunities of action and the risks of inaction, and we know the solutions. Building a sustainable ocean economy is one of the greatest opportunities of our time. The members of the Ocean Panel are united in our commitment to sustainably managing 100 percent of our national waters by 2025,' says Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway and Ocean Panel Co-chair.
Ocean Panel members set out to develop a transformative set of recommendations to deliver a sustainable ocean economy that would benefit people everywhere and effectively protect the ocean. The result is a new ocean action agenda that, if achieved, could help produce as much as six times more food from the ocean, generate 40 times more renewable energy, lift millions of people out of poverty, and contribute one-fifth of the GHG emissions reductions needed to stay within 1.5°C.
'We agree with the Ocean Panel that a sustainable ocean economy - where protection, production and prosperity are all prioritised and mutually reinforcing – is the best path to a healthy ocean that provides solutions for major challenges, like food security and human health. BioMar is committed to giving 100 percent effort in the areas where we can make a difference especially sustainable seafood,' says Carlos Diaz, CEO BioMar.
Actions for aquafeeds include the adoption of alternative raw materials, minimising inefficiencies in the feed supply chain and best practices in order to reduce the amount of nutrient leakage in connection with feed formulation and application. Aquaculture actions are the acceleration of fed and non-fed aquaculture production that fits local environmental, governance and economic priorities and put in place policies and management frameworks to minimise the environmental impacts of aquaculture.
'Norway takes a 100 percent approach in sustainably managing our ocean areas and is joining the first group of countries to develop a Sustainable Ocean Plan by 2025. In doing so, the Norwegian Government will present an integrated ocean management plan as a new white paper to the Norwegian Parliament every four years covering our entire ocean area. The next plan will be due in 2024. We are prepared to cooperate with fellow members of the Ocean Panel and other countries in supporting the 100 percent approach and achieving protection, production and prosperity,' says Norwegian Prime Minister, Erna Solberg.
To build resilience, ocean food production must meet national and local needs and be adapted to a changing climate. Doing so can enhance food security, improve nutrition, human health and well-being, create sustainable economic growth and jobs and prevent the widening of current inequities. The hope of this initiative is that by 2030 wild fish stocks are restored and harvested at sustainable levels, aquaculture is sustainably grown to meet global needs, and waste is minimised and managed throughout the value chain.
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