Like climate change, ocean pollution is a cruel injustice. Currents and animals carry pollutants over great distances and, far from the emitting countries, the effects can be formidable on the communities that depend most on seafood for their food or economy, from tropical islands to the Inuit.
But there is no fatality. All pollution is of human origin, usually land-based. We can take action now by going to the source. The ocean can bounce back when the damage stops. This is the message of the Monaco Declaration that concluded the meeting.
A call to take stock of the problem and take action to ” Advance human health and well-being by preventing ocean pollution. “