The Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy adopted a Joint Communication today, proposing actions for safe, secure, clean and sustainably managed oceans. As a strong global actor, the European Union sets out an agenda for better ocean governance based on a cross-sectoral, rules-based international approach.
The proposal sets out 14 sets of actions in 3 priority areas:
1) Improving the international ocean governance framework;
2) Reducing human pressure on the oceans and creating the conditions for a sustainable blue economy
3) Strengthening international ocean research and data.
Further information: http://www.euintheus.org/press-media/international-ocean-governance-an-agenda-for-the-future-of-our-oceans/