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High seas, in maritime law, all parts of the mass of saltwater surrounding the globe that are not part of the territorial sea or internal waters of a state. For several centuries beginning in the European Middle Ages, a number of maritime states asserted sovereignty over large portions of the high.
Jun 19, 2023 · The UN’s 193 Member States adopted a landmark legally binding marine biodiversity agreement on Monday following nearly two decades of fierce negotiations over forging a common wave of conservation...
High Seas: Created by Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira. With Ivana Baquero, Jon Kortajarena, Alejandra Onieva, Eloy Azorín. Two sisters discover disturbing family secrets after a string of mysterious deaths occur on a luxury ship traveling from Spain to Brazil in the 1940s.
Mar 6, 2023 · The high seas are home to species up and down the food chain, from phytoplankton to great white sharks. Much of the marine life that are also found closer to shore in national waters...
The United Nations agreement on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction or BBNJ Agreement, also referred to by some stakeholders as the High Seas Treaty or Global Ocean Treaty, is a legally binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.
Apr 11, 2023 · In March 2023, the world’s governments finalized a new United Nations Treaty for the High Seas. The high seas cover a vast area, two thirds of the ocean and almost half of the planet’s surface. These isolated expanses have to date been largely out of sight, and out of mind.
Jul 20, 2022 · The high seas are defined by international law as all parts of the ocean that aren't included in the exclusive economic zone, the territorial sea, or the internal waters of a country, or in the archipelagic waters of an archipelagic country.
