There’s good news for the ocean coming out of the United Nations’ annual meetings in New York: 60 countries ratified the High Seas Treaty, meaning the landmark agreement can now be implemented. The Catch reporting team was on the ground in Nice, France, this summer to observe the latest diplomatic push. 

Then, we head back to the Solomon Islands, where host Ruxandra Guidi hears firsthand from observers on the dangers they face at sea.

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