The so-called 'blue economy' is sizeable and growing each year, marine and coastal resources generate at least USD 3 trillion (or 5% of the world's GDP), equivalentto the GDP of the seventh-largest economy, each year, whilst the total value of the world's oceans is estimated at USD 24 trillion. If action is not taken soon to regenerate this finite resource and preserve ocean health, the continued pressure on oceans will irrevocably damage one of the world's most valuable resources and threaten life as we know it, in very many ways.