Australian conservationists and researchers are celebrating an international agreement to protect the ocean and its animals
abc.net.au/news/high-seas-treaty-a-huge-leap-forward-for-marine-conservation/102067092Australian conservationists and researchers are celebrating the agreement of an international treaty they say will help protect the world's oceans.
"The high seas are those areas of ocean which are outside national jurisdiction, so you go 200 nautical miles away from a coast and you're suddenly in the high seas," he said.The Society says the agreement is important to help protect migrating marine animals, such as turtles. "Things that happen on those parts of the ocean can and do impact upon Australia's ocean and Australia's coasts," he said.The Australian government legislated the protection of the Great Barrier Reef in 1975."Australia has been a global leader in terms of how we protect our oceans, going way back to when we first protected the Great Barrier Reef in the 1970s.""Species in the ocean migrate over vast distances," he said.
Marine scientist with The Oceania Project Wally Franklin has been studying humpback whales for 30 years."That's a really important step for long-term care, conservation and protection of our oceans," Dr Franklin said."There's no question that it will improve the protection and conservation of the environment."
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