marine resources
Sea-derived natural assets
Marine resources are the materials and organisms obtained from oceans and seas.
The term encompasses fish and shellfish harvested for food, seaweed and algae, offshore oil and gas deposits, minerals from the seabed, and even wave energy.
Coastal nations often dispute access to marine resources in contested waters.
The phrase appears most often in environmental policy, international law, and conservation contexts.
- deep seaLightless ocean zone
- manganese nodulesMineral accretions from ocean depths
- ocean floorUnderwater continental surface
- coralMarine skeletal formation
- coral reefsCalcium carbonate marine structures
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