Since the beginning of the 21 st century, in order to ensure the maintenance of its international status as a world economic power, a military power, and a super export power, the United States has set the goal of accelerating ocean development and maintaining the leading position of the United States in marine development and marine science. In December 2004, the United States published the U.S. Ocean Action Plan and promulgated a new ocean policy. In the new oceans policy, special emphasis is placed on regional strategies, the essence of which refers to greater coordination throughout the region, no longer limited to administrative jurisdiction, but focusing on the regional impact of related ocean issues.
In 2004, the George W. Bush administration released the Blueprint for the Oceans for the 21st Century. The use of a large number of data and facts in the report proves the vital importance of the ocean to the national economy and people's lives. At the same time, it pointed out the three main aspects of the problems of decentralization of management powers in the management of the Oceans in the United States, the lack of basic data and information on ocean decision-making caused by insufficient investment in scientific research, and the lack of national awareness of the potential and importance of the oceans, and proposed that the definition of marine management areas according to ecosystems means breaking down existing administrative boundaries and establishing a more integrated, comprehensive and coordinated national ocean policy.
In 2009, the Oba President Ma announced a new U.S. ocean policy that states that in order to successfully protect the oceans, coasts, and great Lakes region, the United States needs to act under a unified framework and clear national policy guidance, including through a comprehensive, integrated, and ecosystem-based approach to the conservation and use of these resources in the long term, and declared June 2009 a "National Ocean Month." In July 2010, Obama officially announced the U.S. Ocean, Coastal Zone, and Great Lakes Management Policy, which became the second U.S. national ocean policy to follow the 2004 Blueprint for the Oceans for the 21st Century.
At this point, the United States had the first national policy to comprehensively manage the oceans, coasts, and great lakes region.
The implementation of these policies embodies the idea of comprehensive management of the oceans and seas, and helps to lay a long-term foundation for the country to obtain greater benefits from the oceans.
