 Pacific Islands Marine Protected Areas Community
North American Marine Protected Areas Network
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

Many countries have established national targets, accompanied by action plans and implementations.The UN Council identified the need for countries to collaborate with each other to establish effective regional conservation plans.Some national targets are listed in the table below

The prevalent practice of area-based targets was criticized in 2019 by a group of environmental scientists because politicians tended to protect parts of the oceans where little fishing happened to meet the goals.