; Whereas ocean acidification harms oysters, mussels, lobsters, clams, corals, and other species building shells and skeletons and reproducing; Whereas some finfish experience neurological changes in acidic waters, altering their behaviors and actions; Whereas 45 percent of all marine mammals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species have been affected by lost and abandoned fishing gear; Whereas, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the ocean has taken up more than 90 percent of excess heat in the climate system since 1970, and marine heat waves are very likely to become longer lasting, more intense, and more extensive; Whereas, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 80 percent of pollution to the ocean comes from land; Whereas increased temperatures and nutrient runoff can result in harmful algal blooms that accumulate, die, decompose, and consume oxygen, leaving waterways in a hypoxic or anoxic state that can result in massive fish kills and the formation of dead zones where marine life cannot survive; Whereas the decrease in biodiversity, and decline and shifts in distribution of fish, will affect the livelihoods and food security of coastal communities; Whereas Tribes have a right and a deep cultural and historical connection to the fisheries threatened by changing ocean conditions; Whereas, according to the United Nations, more than 11,000,000 tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year from land-based sources alone; Whereas recent studies suggest that lost, abandoned, or otherwise discarded fishing gear could make up 46 to 70 percent of the floating macroplastic in the ocean gyres by weight; Whereas marine debris harms our coastal economies, endangers marine life, destroys important marine habitats, propagates invasive species, and creates hazardous conditions for the maritime industry