New treaty to protect the world’s oceans
African fisheries vulnerable
The Ocean Treaty could drive distant water fleets to fishing grounds closer to land. And many of the most lucrative grounds belong to African countries, says Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood, a lecturer at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Following two decades of fierce negotiations, over 60 countries recently signed a United Nations’ (UN) Ocean Treaty to conserve biodiversity on the high seas.The “high seas”
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