The aim is to increase the impact of Union seas and oceans on society and economic growth through the sustainable exploitation of marine resources as well as the use of different sources of marine energy and the wide range of different uses that is made of the seas.
Is í an aidhm tionchar aigéan agus farraigí AE ar an tsochaí agus ar fhás eacnamaíoch a mhéadú trí acmhainní muirí a shaothrú ar bhonn inbhuanaithe chomh maith le leas a bhaint as foinsí éagsúla den fhuinneamh muirí agus as an réimse leathan úsáidí a bhaintear as na farraigí.