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,
回顾海洋科学通过持续开展研究和评估监测结果，增进知识，并把这些知识用于管理工作和决策，对消除贫穷，加强粮食保障，养护世界海洋环境和资源，帮助了解、预测和应对自然事件，促进海洋的可持续开发，至关重要，