A wave of new ratifications during the U.N. Ocean Conference in France has brought the High Seas Treaty closer to the ...

While many countries have agreed to take steps to protect the vast, ungoverned swathes of the world's oceans, they have yet ...

Dozens of world leaders and some 15,000 others attended the UN Ocean Conference in France this week, in a bid to accelerate ...

The high seas treaty could be law by the end of the year, affording protection to marine life in the vast swathes of ocean ...

The biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement, also referred to commonly as the High Seas Treaty, has moved ...

NICE, France (AP) — Eighteen countries ratified the High Seas Treaty on Monday, bringing the total to 49 — just 11 short of the 60 needed for the ocean agreement to enter into force.