Maritime spaces are the focus of the major economic, ecological, and geopolitical challenges of our time. Lest they become the site of routine legal violations (ranging from pollution to overfishing), a government of the seas is necessary.
The depletion of global fish resources is less the result of anarchic trends affecting the oceans than of coordinated, government-supported policies aimed at industrializing fishing and maximizing catches. Instrumental to this predation are armadas of factory ships.
The havoc wreaked last year by Hurricane Harvey was yet another example of the devastating effects of climate change. Many ignored the role of the ocean in fueling the tropical cyclone. Yet acknowledging its importance in climate change is vital if we want to save our planet.
