Abstract: The legal system of marine ecological compensation is a combination of legal regulations that rule social relationships generating from the course of marine ecological compensation.Any legal system of ecological compensation which neglects the value of marine ecology,and the importance of the sustainable development of human society,does not have the lasting vitality.The ultimate purpose of marine ecological compensation is to protect or restore ecological function or ecological value of marine ecosystems.The construction of the legal system of marine ecological compensation must be based on identifying its connotation and understanding the current legislative,administrative and judicial situations and the lacks.And it must also be expanded around the essential factors,such as the subject of legal relationships,forms of ecological compensation,compensation standards,funding sources,etc.

Key words: marine ecological compensation, the subject of ecological compensation, forms of ecological compensation, compensation standards