The oceans and seas support live livelihoods of billions of people worldwide by supplying essential ecological services. The livelihoods of 10-12% of the world’s population are supported only by fishing and aquaculture, which shows that the production of seafood presents numerous chances to reduce hunger, poverty, and malnutrition while creating a sustainable economy. The world’s population relies on the oceans and fisheries to meet its economic, social, and environmental demands.
LPU promotes sustainable development to conserve and sustainably utilize the oceans, seas, and marine resources.

The scope of these guidelines is to provide a roadmap and broad conceptual framework for planning/implementing strategies for sustainable development that includes minimization of marine pollution and educational programs for increasing awareness.

1. To maintain healthy and productive seas, it is important to manage and safeguard marine and coastal ecosystem in order to prevent serious negative effects, particularly through boosting their resilience.
2. To stop and drastically reduce all forms of marine pollution, especially that caused by land-based activities, such as nutrient and marine debris pollution.
3. To reduce and mitigate the effects of ocean acidification, notably through improved cross-cutting scientific collaboration.
4. To protect coastal and marine area in accordance with domestic and international legislation, using the most recent scientific knowledge as a foundation.

The ocean has traditionally been thought of as a pollution sink. There are many different types of pollution, from synthetic chemicals used in medicine and plastic to abiotic elements like sediment and nutrients runoff that have been influenced by humans. The quantity of potential pollution produced increases together with the growth of the world’s population, affluence, and resource use. This presents us with a significant problem that calls for interdisciplinary expertise to resolve. The consequences of marine pollution to human health, society, the economy, and the environment are well understood, which has raised public awareness of the problem and motivated people to act. However, there is still a long implementation lag for remedial measures:

1. University must ensure the minimization of marine pollution to improved aquatic ecosystem.
2. There must be routine water audits and water quality checks from accredited or certified agency, to ensure the quality of water.
3. University should emphasize on the treatment of sewage discharge for minimal disruption on aquatic ecosystem.
4. The university must support the usage of plastic-free alternatives and reject single-use plastics.
5. Promote of collaborative research with industries and to establish partnerships through functional MoUs with research institutes to address marine pollution.