among other things it promotes concerted actions to undertake integrated ecosystembased management and urges the scientific community to enhance understanding of the ocean the declaration looks towards the ocean as a new engine of sustainable economic growth with a new vision of green growth from the sea in this regard they further committed to urgently take the measures necessary to maintain or restore all stocks at least to levels that can produce the maximum sustainable yield with the aim of achieving these goals in the shortest time feasible as determined by their biological characteristics special attention was given to ocean acidification which may lead to drastic changes in the oceans ecosystem especially coral bleaching