a. Develop and implement the national integrated coastal management (ICM) program to include principles, strategies and action plans in accord with EO 533 (Adopting Integrated Coastal Management as a National Strategy to Ensure the Sustainable Development of the Country's Coastal and Marine Environment and Resources and Establishing Supporting Mechanisms for Its Implementation);
b. Prioritize the protection and management of mangroves, sea grasses, coral reefs and beaches as a management unit to derive maximum benefits resulting in synergistic interactions of these four ecosystems that enhance marine productivity;
c. Apply the ecosystem approach to the management of fisheries and other marine resources, addressing transboundary policy and regulatory concerns;
d. Evaluate management effectiveness of all MPAs proclaimed under NIPAS;
e. Implement the Coral Triangle Initiative National Plan of Action and the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME) Conservation Plan which includes designating priority seascapes across the Coral Triangle as geographic focus of sustainable management;
f. Update nautical charts for safety at sea and protection of the marine environment;
g. Pursue claims for an extended continental shelf and delineate various maritime jurisdictions such as internal waters, archipelagic waters, territorial sea and exclusive economic zone;
h. Conduct inventory and status of foreshore lands to identify and clarify impacts of privatization and commercialization to the environment and the fishing communities;
i. Revert abandoned, underutilized and unproductive fishponds to mangroves;
j. Revise policies on the management of mangrove areas in order to increase mangrove cover;
k. Integrate coastal and marine water use plans into the comprehensive land use plans of LGUs;
l. Complete the delineation of municipal waters; and
m. Improve the status of coastal and marine biodiversity by safeguarding coastal ecosystems, species, and genetic diversity.