Recognizing that hydrographic surveys and nautical charting are critical to the safety of navigation and life at sea, environmental protection, including vulnerable marine ecosystems and the economics of the global shipping industry, and recognizing in this regard that the move towards electronic charting not only provides significantly increased benefits for safe navigation and management of ship movement, but also provides data and information that can be used for sustainable fisheries activities and other sectoral uses of the marine environment, the delimitation of maritime boundaries and environmental protection,
认识到水文测量和海图制作对于航行安全、保障海上人命、保护环境（包括脆弱的海洋生态系统）和全球航运业的经济至关重要，并在这方面认识到，使用电子制图的趋势不仅为提高航行安全和船只交通管理带来显著增加的益处，而且能提供数据和资料，可供用于可持续渔业活动和海洋环境的其他部门性用途，以及用于海洋界限的划定和环境保护，