Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, sea and
marine resources for sustainable development
ocean emergency
Coastal
eutrophication:
Ocean
acidification:
Ocean
warming:
Plastic
pollution:
Over-
Fishing:
causing algal
blooms and
dead zones
30% higher than
in pre-industrial
times
sea-level rise
and affecting
marine ecosystems
17 million metric
tons in 2021-
2-3x more by 2040
More than a third
of global fish stocks
are overfished
FISH CAUGHT
ORIGINATES FROM
1 5in
ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED
AND UNREGULATED FISHING
preserve the blue, protect THE earth:
ocean acidification
2o21: 178 stations
2o22: 308 stations
2o23: 539 stations
reporting stations have
tripled worldwide
urgent actions needed to safeguard
the planet’s largest ecosystem
shed light on the magnitude of
ocean Plastic pollution
citizen science beach clean-ups suffocating seas
crustacean walkouts
coastal eutrophication Triggers