Recognizing further that hydrographic surveys and nautical charting are critical to the safety of navigation and life at sea, environmental protection, including the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems, and the economics of the global shipping industry, and recognizing in this regard that the move towards electronic charting not only provides significantly increased benefits for safe navigation and management of ship movement, but also provides data and information that can be used for sustainable fisheries activities and other sectoral uses of the marine environment, the delimitation of maritime boundaries and environmental protection,
还确认测量水道和制作海图对于海上航行和生命安全、环境保护（包括保护脆弱的海洋生态系统）和全球航运业的经济效益至关重要，并为此确认，转用电子制图不仅能显著增加为航行安全和船舶航行管理带来的好处，而且能提供数据和资料，用于可持续渔业活动，供其他部门在利用海洋环境时使用，并用于划定海洋界限和保护环境，