1.Source of food for mankind
2.Source of medicine and tools for medical research
3.Source of raw materials
4.Provider of ecosystem services – coastal process, global climate effects
5.Source of ideas
6.As an aesthetic and recreatinoal resource
7.As an insurance against unpredictable changes in the world
See also http://www.oceansatlas.org/html/workuses.jsp
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