Let's build on this experience and learn from it. And let's put the benefits of our combined, cooperative efforts to use for the benefit of the oceans of the future. The Marine Protected Areas program will provide us with a form of ecological insurance to conserve and protect oceans and ocean resources. We need to learn from the past and pass on to our children a legacy of measures to protect the world's oceans, which are the cornerstone of our survival on the planet. Marine Protected Areas will form a very important part of that legacy.
Today is a wonderful day for our oceans.