Conference Tries To Curb Exploitation Of High Seas
PhysOrg2012-10-17: Covering 64 percent of the oceans and half the Earth’s surface, international waters have become the next frontier as fish stocks nearer to the coast run out and oil exploration ships are spurred on by high fuel prices. The high seas, where no national laws apply and international rules are often vague, have become a “lawless zone” where prospectors operate “on a first-come-first-served” basis, oceanographic and marine law experts lamented at a conference in Monaco last week. Policy makers from 184 countries meeting in Hyderabad, India until Friday in a bid to turn around the
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