Recalling that marine science is important for eradicating poverty, contributing to food security, conserving the world's marine environment and resources, helping to understand, predict and respond to natural events and promoting the sustainable development of the oceans and seas, by improving knowledge, through sustained research efforts and the evaluation of monitoring results, and applying such knowledge to management and decision-making,
回顾通过持续的研究工作和对监测结果的评价增进海洋科学知识，并把这些知识应用于管理和决策，对消除贫穷，促进粮食安全，养护世界海洋环境和资源，帮助了解、预测和应付自然事件，以及促进海洋的可持续开发非常重要，