The purpose of this Act shall be to preserve and control the living marine resources in Japan's exclusive economic zone, in coordination with the measures taken under the Fishery Act (Act No. 267 of 1949) and the Marine Resources Protection Act (Act No. 313 of 1951), as well as to ensure the appropriate implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for thereby contributing to the development of fisheries and the stable supply of aquatic products, by establishing a plan f