Marine Governance and Protection covers a wide range of different careers. In order to protect our oceans, we need a range of different scientists to help us understand every aspect of our oceans. This includes oceanographers, meteorologists, marine biologists, marine spatial planners, marine scientists, ichthyologists and more. The South African government and research institutes proactively work to understand our oceans, our fish supplies and how to protect the marine resources we have. In order to ensure the protection of our oceans we need marine lawyers and other legal professionals to enforce legislation such as the Marine Living Resources Act. Maritime lawyers would enforce the Merchant Shipping Act.