Though they’re protected worldwide, great white sharks encounter longline fishing vessels in half of their range. Wildestanimal/Shutterstock July 24, 2019 Sharks: one in four habitats in remote open ocean threatened by longline fishing David Sims, University of Southampton Even the remote open ocean offers no escape from industrial fishing for sharks.
U.S. Navy ships operate in formation in the South China Sea. (U.S. Navy) January 23, 2018 Davos oblivious to one of free trade’s gravest threats Danny Lam, University of Waterloo China’s actions in the South China Sea are getting scant attention at Davos. But if the Chinese set a precedent for other rogue nations, there will be a profound impact on global free trade.
Recent decades have seen a rapid growth in new technologies that are rendering the high seas more accessible. Mike Blake/Reuters November 22, 2016 Efforts to conserve and manage the high seas show serious disparities among ‘equal’ countries Robert Blasiak, University of Tokyo and Jeremy Pittman, University of Waterloo Negotiations regarding a legal framework for the oceans – an area covering roughly half the Earth’s surface – are being dominated by OECD members.