Ers hynny, mae'r Llywodraeth wedi gwneud cynnydd sylweddol tuag at weithredu'r dull gwahanol o stiwardio’r amgylchedd morol yr oeddem o'r farn bod ei angen.  Roeddem yn disgwyl iddo gymryd blynyddoedd i'w weithredu, ac mae hynny'n wir o hyd. Fodd bynnag, yn ystod yr 16 mis cyntaf, rydym wedi rhoi nifer o sylfeini pwysig ar waith ar gyfer gwneud cynnydd ac wedi cwblhau rhai camau byrdymor pwysig.
Since then, this Government has made significant progress towards the different approach to stewardship of the marine environment that we identified as being necessary. We said that it would take years to implement. It still will. But in the first sixteen months we have put in place many important foundations for progress and completed some important short-term actions.