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Public commenters urge protection of oceans, say deep sea and high seas are commons not for sale
Summary
Speakers during public comment argued the ocean provides half the planet's oxygen, feeds about three billion people and said the deep sea, Greenland, Antarctica and the high seas should not be privatized or traded away; no formal action was recorded.
Commenters at an unspecified public meeting urged officials to treat the ocean and high seas as a global commons and warned against privatization of marine resources.
One commenter said, "L'océan produit la moitié de l'oxygène que nous respirons. Il nourrit 3000000000 de personnes et fait vivre six-cent 1000000 d'eau." That speaker framed the ocean as foundational to human survival and livelihoods.
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