14. Life below water
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.
SDG 14 aims to protect and ensure the sustainable use of oceans. This includes reducing marine pollution and ocean acidification, end overfishing and conserve marine and coastal ecosystems. SDG 14 is strongly related with other SDGs, as oceans sustain coastal economies and livelihoods, contribute to food production and function as a carbon sink.
In the EU context, monitoring SDG 14 looks into trends in the areas of ocean health, marine conservation and sustainable fisheries.