An international agreement to protect marine life on the high seas was reached in early March in New York.
The UN began work in 2015 for a new international legally-binding treaty under the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.
The new treaty is informally being...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/un-reaches-agreement-on-the-high-seas-treaty/