these goals established for the next years are rightly ambitious with full support of the commonwealth however this should not obscure the scale of the challenges ahead urgent actions are required to advance this development agenda sustainable development goal urges the international community to conserve and sustainably use the oceans seas and marine resources this points to a pressing need for the international community to address the issue of the conservation and the rebuilding of global fish stocks that have been so quickly depleted as a result of the industrialisation of the fisheries sector to date