These 14 countries have promised to do a number of things, which combined should lead to our fish populations being in the far better health.
They include
1 Ending Over-fishing
2 Restoring fishing stocks
3 Halting the flow of plastic into our oceans
One of the main ways they will hold the overfishing, is by ceasing to pay subsidies two companies for their over fishing practices (it seems odd any countries doing this in the first place).
They have also promised that by 2025 and these practices in their own area of sea that they control. Despite only being 14 countries, these areas of jurisdiction, add up to an area of see the size of Africa.
Researchers have found that sustainably managed oceans could provide up to 6 times as much food as they currently do. They have also found,perhaps as you’d expect given the above, that for every dollar invested in making the oceans more sustainable, pay back in environmental social and health is around $5.
It was also pointed out that one fifth of the carbon reductions needed by the human race, could come from the sea. This would be both by direct carbon capture, for instance as whales grow, and on death they will often carry the carbon down to the sea where it can be buried by sediment.However the scene naturally also absorbs carbon, and of course worldwide we could erect hundreds of millions of wind turbines, allowing the world to run on carbon free electricity.
This is an encouraging pledge, but we must keep these countries paying attention and make sure they fulfill their promise.