Therefore, in 1998 during International Year of the Ocean, more than 2000 marine experts signed their names to an appeal for every nation connected with the ocean to reserve at least 20 % of their territorial waters as marine parks by 2020.
因此，早在 1998「國際海洋年」間，有兩千多位海洋專家連署呼籲，每一個沿海國應該在 2020 年之前，將其專屬經濟區至少 20％的海域劃設為「海洋保護區」。