14. Conserve Water
Implement conservation and sustainable use of our nation’s oceans, lakes and rivers.
14.1
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution.
14.2
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans.
14.3
Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels.
14.4
By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics.
14.5
By 2020, conserve at least 10 percent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information.
14.6
By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation.
14.a
Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology.
14.b
Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets.
14.c
Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing federal law as reflected in UNCLOS, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources.