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Advancing ocean sustainability through better science integration: perspectives of Early Career Ocean Professionals

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posted on 2025-03-18, 02:21 authored by Maria L Vozzo, Marina Christofidis, Laura Griffiths, Rachel KellyRachel Kelly, Michelle L Manion, Shayan Barmand, Jessica A Bolin, Pablo A Fuenzalida-Miralles, Melanie L Harris, Abby Issell, Caitlin D Kuempel, Marycarmen Martinez Diaz, Michael MurungaMichael Murunga, Sophie R Palmer, Nina Schaefer, Jamie Simpson
As the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) approaches halfway, inclusive input on progress and innovative approaches to achieving ocean sustainability is timely and necessary. Input from the leaders of tomorrow—today's Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs)—brings important generational perspectives on delivering marine science that can inform and contribute to achieving future ocean sustainability. ECOP perspectives may also offer novel insights on informing solutions to ocean-related challenges. Here, we articulate ECOP perspectives on priority recommendations for addressing current gaps and opportunities in ocean science in the context of the “Ocean Decade”. These recommendations include: (1) a culture shift toward more active and transparent data sharing; (2) valuing and connecting different knowledge systems; and (3) achieving effective knowledge-sharing across disciplines and jurisdictions. We outline how all actors in ocean research, across different disciplines and institutions, can implement these changes, and where relevant, demonstrate unique roles ECOPs can play in this process. We propose that the implementation of these recommendations, by all actors in ocean science, along with greater inclusion and transfer of diverse knowledge, will support efforts to achieve the goals of the Ocean Decade, and ensure ocean sustainability for generations to come.

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Publication title

Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability

Volume

2

Pagination

1526776

eISSN

2813-8287

ISSN

2813-8287

Department/School

Fisheries and Aquaculture

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Frontiers

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  • Published online

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© 2025 Vozzo, Christofidis, Gri?ths, Kelly, Manion, Barmand, Bolin, Fuenzalida-Miralles, Harris, Issell, Kuempel, Martinez Diaz, Murunga, Palmer, Schaefer and Simpson. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).

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