Report: NMSs in poor condition, need major funding upgrades

The ocean and the communities that depend on it are facing unprecedented challenges. More than two-thirds of the ocean is significantly affected by human activities, and ocean wildlife from coral to whales are threatened with extinction. At the same time, the ocean is absorbing one-third of all carbon dioxide emissions.1

For the ocean to continue to buffer the world from the worst effects of climate change, as well as protect and provide for coastal communities reliant on healthy ocean habitats, it is vital that countries decrease the amount of stress placed on it.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/to-protect-30-percent-of-the-ocean-the-united-states-must-invest-in-the-national-marine-sanctuaries-program/