These Measures, consisting of 16 Articles, are formulated in accordance with the provisions paragraph 2, of Article 90 of the Marine Environment Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, to strengthen the protection of marine ecological environment and standardize the claims for the State's losses caused by marine ecological damages.
According to the Marine Environment Protection Law, those who causes pollution damage to the marine environment shall eliminate the damage and compensate the losses; If the State suffers heavy losses from the damages to marine ecosystems, marine aquatic resources and marine nature reserves, the departments invested by this law with the power of marine environment supervision and administration shall, on behalf of the State, put forward compensation demand to those who are responsible for the damages.
The Measures make provisions for the scope of application, content of claims, subject of claims, methods of claims, property preservation measures, disclosure of information, use of compensation, supervision and other aspects of the claims for the State's losses caused by marine ecological damages.