Mapping ocean resources

The recently established Association of Caribbean States proposed activities include among others the mapping and taking an inventory of the resources of the Caribbean Sea and the seabed. In recent years, the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC) has funded long-term assistance in among others mapping out the Maldives' extensive maritime zone.

1. Mapping information
2. Mapping earth resources
3. Investigating oceans
4. Assessing marine resources

1. Surveying marine living resources
2. Improving national capacity to monitor marine living resources

1. Monitoring changes in the marine environment
2. Managing marine resources
3. Implementing international law of the sea on straddling and highly migratory fish stocks
4. Ensuring sustainable use of marine living resources of the high seas
5. Apply international provisions to fish populations on the high seas

1. Strengthening marine research capacity
2. Expanding multidisciplinary research on marine living resources

1. Vulnerability of marine ecosystems
2. Lack of integrated marine resource management
3. Lack of coastal development
4. Irresponsible oceanographers