These days not even many politicians deny that the oceans are ill. Protecting the health of coastal waters is now a matter of national policy in dozens of countries including the U.S., and world leaders are beginning to prescribe a revolutionary remedy that conservationists have been promoting for years: marine planning and zoning.
The idea is a natural extension of management policies that have guided the development of cities and landscapes for nearly a century. Zoning advocates envision a mosaic of regional maps in which every watery space on the planet is designated for a particular purpose. Drilling and mining would be allowed only in certain parts of the ocean, fishing in others. The most critically threatened areas would be virtually off-limits.
Whereas people can easily find maps telling them what they can do where on land, the marine realm 1s a hodge-podge of rules emanating from an army of agencies, each one managing a single use or symptom
Seazoning is all about ____ .

Options

A. drilling and sea mining
B. conserving the environment
C. banning fishing in the sea
D. dividing watery space for specific purposes

Answer

D

Explanation

dividing watery space for specific purposes