Understanding the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure: A Crucial Step Towards Smarter Ocean Management

The framework for governance includes integrated data and citizen participation through developing Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) to facilitate the governance of marine resources. This paper innovates by answering how AI can improve MSDI systems to make them more efficient. Existing AI applications for integration, analysis, and decision-making in marine spatial planning are reviewed as literature. Resource management, environmental monitoring, resilience among communities, and sustainable management of oceans are promising frontiers for AI techniques (machine learning and predictive modelling). The future with AI looks optimistic because it has the potential to build more robust marine governance. However, despite these challenges, AI demonstrates promise in influencing the implementation of these approaches in marine governance and, thus, the role of AI in marine governance. This research focuses on a specific aspect of interdisciplinary collaboration in the context of resolving ethical challenges and the contextual use of AI technologies. Only, however, will such AI ever play a role as an assistant in marine governance confronted with changing environmental conditions, and ongoing research and innovation will be vital.