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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Update of Mexico´s National Policy on Seas and Coast

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico (Government) (
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    Description
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    Mexico's National Policy for Seas and Coasts (PNMC), established in 2018, is the legal instrument for the integrated management of Mexico’s seas and coasts. The elaboration of this specific national policy, responds to the urgent need to establish a comprehensive management instrument that strengthens, guides and supports the planning and ordering of these regions, in order to make more efficient and effective decision-making processes, as well as stop and reverse the deterioration they have suffered over decades and thus enhance their current and future development. The Interministerial Commission for the Sustainable Management of Seas and Coast (CIMARES) is responsible for providing comprehensive and timely follow-up to the PNMC, and for establishing permanent communication and coordination mechanisms between the different government dependencies, for its compliance. Mexico’s National Policy on Seas and Coasts will be updated, including the main recommendations from the Ocean Panel Transformations document, the Implementation Strategy for a Sustainable Ocean Economy in Mexico 2021 to 2024, and legal framework analysis. The updated PNMC will constitute Mexico's Sustainable Ocean Plan.

    Partners

    Ministry of the Navy, SEMAR (Government) Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, SEMARNAT (Government) Ministry of Energy, SENER (Government) Ministry of Economy, SE (Government) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, SADER (Government) Ministry of Tourism, SECTUR (Government) Ministry of Interior, SEGOB (Government) Ministry of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development, SEDATU (Government)

    Goal 14

    Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

    Goal 14

    14.1

    By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution

    14.1.1

    (a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density

    14.2

    By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans

    14.2.1

    Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas

    14.3

    Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels

    14.3.1
    Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations

    14.4

    By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics

    14.4.1
    Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels

    14.5

    By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information

    14.5.1
    Coverage of protected areas in relation to marine areas

    14.6

    By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation

    14.6.1

    Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

    14.7

    By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism

    14.7.1

    Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries

    14.a

    Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries

    14.a.1
    Proportion of total research budget allocated to research in the field of marine technology

    14.b

    Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets

    14.b.1

    Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small‐scale fisheries

    14.c

    Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want"

    14.c.1

    Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources

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    14.2 By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
    14.c Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want"

    Updated National Policy on Seas and Coast

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    Timeline
    01 July 2022 (start date)
    31 July 2023 (date of completion)
    Entity
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico (Government)
    SDGs
    Other beneficiaries

    Coastal communities in Mexico

    Ocean Basins
    North Pacific, North Atlantic
    Communities of Ocean Action
    Marine and coastal ecosystems management, Sustainable blue economy, Implementation of international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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    Countries
    Mexico
    Mexico
    Headquarters
    Mexico City, Mexico
    Contact Information

    Martha , Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights