« Let’s Put the Ocean First », UN Secretary-General said in a message for World Ocean Day, 8 June 2023, urging all to keep pushing for recovery, conservation, sustainable use of resources. ‘Humanity counts on the ocean. But can the ocean count on us? » Following on from recent global agreements to protect 30 % of the ocean – including the High Seas – and 30% of the land for stopping mass species extinctions, the UN motto for World Ocean Day 2023 was « Planet Ocean: Tides are Changing ».