The STRONG High Seas project (‘Strengthening Regional Ocean Governance for the High Seas’) concluded on 31 May 2022 after five successful years. Read more Five successful years – The STRONG High Seas team is completing their work

Human influence on the oceans, including areas of the high seas (or areas beyond national jurisdiction – ABNJs), continues to intensify as global shipping and new technologies increase our reach into the ocean’s last “frontiers”. This human domination implies the need to design strategies to protect and sustainably manage the marine biodiversity present both in areas under the jurisdiction of countries and in ABNJs, which are common spaces of humanity and therefore the responsibility of the international community.

Read more STRONG High Seas Expert workshop: Integrated Ocean Management in the Southeast Pacific

The STRONG High Seas project has recently wrapped up its series of interactive virtual capacity development workshops for the Southeast Pacific region in April 2022. Read more STRONG HIGH SEAS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT SERIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST Pacific REGION

The STRONG High Seas Project has published a series of fact sheets that present complex issues important to understand areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) in a condensed and simple form. Read more New Publications: STRONG High Seas – Fact Sheets