Strategy and Goal for Ocean Sciences in the 21st Century

With the emergence of 'New Ocean Order' toward the 21st century, the role of ocean has been emphasized in various aspects of the global politics, such as 'UN Convention on the Law of the Sea' and 'Agenda 21'. In this regard, the coming century imposes a lot of important tasks on ocean sciences. The ultimate goals of such tasks would be to achieve in-depth understanding of the ocean processes employing advanced technology and to apply the accumulated knowledge of ocean sciences to the welfare of human-being.