Governments Spur Crackdown on Sea Pollution
London Convention and Protocol, meeting for their 38th/11th session, expressed concern around the issue of litter and plastics in the marine environment, but also acknowledged that there has been progress by a number of Contracting Parties in highlighting and addressing the particular problems of plastics pollution through measures applied both in the environment and at source. States were encouraged to make every effort to combat marine litter, including through the identification and control of marine litter at source and to encourage monitoring, additional study and knowledge-sharing on this
The High Seas Are Like a Failed State: Ocean Rescue Commission
jurisdiction, the protection of which is seen as essential for overall ocean health, as well as government subsidies to be immediately capped and eliminated within five years, mandatory tracking of all vessels fishing in the high seas, a ban on the transshipment of fish at sea, measures to end plastics pollution, and binding standards for the regulation and control of offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation. Failure to take collective responsibility for ocean health within five years should trigger consideration by the international community of designating the high seas as a regeneration