如果海洋恶化情况持续，并且不能采取足够的保护措施，那么不出五年，国际社会就不得不考虑将公海 — — 地区渔业管理组织行为有效的区域除外 — — 作为禁止工业捕鱼的保育区。
In five years, if ocean decline continues and adequate prevention measures have not been implemented, the international community should consider turning the high seas – with the exception of those areas where action by regional fisheries management organizations is effective – into a regeneration zone where industrial fishing is forbidden.