Advisory Committee on the Protection of the SEA

(A) TO ASSIST, ADVISE AND PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF THE SEAS OF THE WORLD FROM POLLUTION AND DEGRADATION BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES(B) TO PROMOTE AND CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF POLLUTION OF THE SEAS INCLUDING RESEARCH INTO MEANS WHEREBY THE DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF SUCH POLLUTION MAY BE REDUCED; AND TO PUBLICISE AND COMMENT ON SUCH RESEARCH AND ACTION TAKEN(C) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ESPECIALLY THOSE ACTIVITIES CONCERNED WITH EXTRACTIVE AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, FISHING, DUMPING, WASTE MATERIALS, PRESERVING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT FROM HUMAN POACHING AND TRANSPORT UPON THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE SEA(D) TO PROMOTE STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL RELATING TO COASTAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT, THROUGH ADVISORY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS ACTIVITIES(E) TO IDENTIFY COST-EFFECTIVE LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTED AT THE GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL(F) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH, QUANTIFICATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF ROOT CAUSES OF MARINE POLLUTION AND ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS