The themes are:

1. addressing marine pollution;

2. managing, protecting, conserving and restoring marine and coastal ecosystems;

3. minimizing and addressing ocean acidification, deoxygenation and ocean warming;

4. making fisheries sustainable and providing access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets;

5. promoting and strengthening sustainable ocean-based economies, in particular for small island developing States (SIDS) and least developed countries (LDCs);

6. increasing scientific knowledge and developing research capacity and transfer of marine technology;

7. enhancing the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law, as reflected in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); and

8. leveraging interlinkages between SDG 14 (life below water) and other Goals towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.