UNITED NATIONS (AN) — Depleted fish stocks from illegal and under-regulated fishing. Deep seabed minerals targeted in a boom of company licensing. Deep sea genomes hunted by food and drug makers seeking new products.
Diplomats, experts and international organizations are rushing to protect the rich and mysterious biodiversity of open oceans against mounting commercial pressures. No effective or coordinated system of global governance is in place to regulate ocean areas that lie beyond the control of any country and cover almost half the planet.
Climate & Health — China — Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) — France — Germany — Global Issues — Group of 77 (G-77) — High Seas Alliance — International Seabed Authority (ISA) — International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) — International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) — Jamaica — Japan — Nagoya Protocol 2014 — Pew Charitable Trusts — Singapore — Slovakia — South Africa — South Korea — Spain — Straddling Fish Stocks Agreement 2001 — U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity 1993 — U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 — U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) — United Nations (U.N.) — World Ocean Council — United States (U.S.) — Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) — In Depth — Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
