Mongabay

At high seas treaty summit, a dispute over fisheries managers’ role in conservation

The high seas treaty was agreed to by the world’s nations in 2023 and took effect in January. The treaty created a means to establish marine protected areas (MPAs) in international waters, or the high ...
Mongabay

Critics push for more transparency at RFMOs that govern high seas fishing

Around 17 regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) manage fishing in international waters, or the “high seas.” Scientists and civil society members have long criticized these international ...
Forbes

How The High Seas Treaty Could Shape Ocean Conservation By 2030

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The High Seas Treaty could benefit oceanic whitetip sharks significantly by creating marine ...
The Conversation

The historic High Seas Treaty is almost reality. Here’s what it would mean for ocean conservation

The high seas are set to gain a greater level of protection when a long-sought after treaty finally enters into force. For almost 20 years, nations have debated the need for the High Seas Treaty, ...
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Scientists call for permanent ban on high seas exploitation

Extractive activity in international waters—including fishing, seabed mining, and oil and gas exploitation—should be banned forever, according to top scientists. The high seas, the vast international ...
New Scientist

First treaty to protect the high seas comes into force

A treaty that will protect areas of the largely lawless high seas from fishing has come into force, marking a “turning point” for ocean conservation. In September 2025, a United Nations agreement for ...
Phys.org

Climate change is driving fish stocks from countries' waters to the high seas, study finds

Fish and other marine organisms, though deeply affected by human activities, don't respect human borders. The ranges of many commercially important species in fact straddle the borders of countries' ...
The Conversation

A landmark treaty could protect the high seas – and spark new conflicts

Two-thirds of the world’s oceans lie beyond national borders, an unregulated expanse under growing pressure from mining, fishing and climate change. Now, a new UN treaty promises to change that – but ...
Inside Climate News

To Protect Vast Expanses of Ocean Beyond All National Boundaries, 60 Nations Must Ratify the Treaty of the High Seas

For the Indigenous Rapa Nui people who live on Easter Island, one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world, the high seas have played an integral role in their daily lives for at least two ...
Nature

Dumping, pillaging and slavery — why exploitation of the high seas must end

‘The high seas’ evokes an image of a final frontier so remote and challenging to reach that people have been privy to only rare glimpses of this extraordinary part of the planet. But this could not be ...
EurekAlert!

Top scientists call for permanent ban on high seas exploitation

Extractive activity in international waters - including fishing, seabed mining, and oil and gas exploitation - should be banned forever, according to top scientists. The high seas, the vast ...