{"id":75363,"date":"2026-01-16T14:58:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=75363"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:58:54","slug":"historic-global-ocean-treaty-enters-into-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/historic-global-ocean-treaty-enters-into-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Global Ocean Treaty enters into force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Global Ocean Treaty, dubbed one of the most significant pieces of environmental legislation in decades, will officially enter into force this Saturday [January 17], paving the way for global ocean protection on the High Seas.<\/p>\n\n<p>Less than <a href=\"https:\/\/mpatlas.org\/countries\/HS\/\">one percent of international waters<\/a>, which make up the majority of the world\u2019s oceans, are currently highly protected.<br><br>The new Treaty will provide the legal tool to make vast high seas sanctuaries around the globe possible, protected areas that will help mitigate the climate crisis, halt biodiversity collapse and safeguard food security for the billions who depend on the ocean.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Finally! The Global Ocean Treaty is sorted!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fZkPuDujBnQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa campaigner Ellie Hooper says:<br><br>\u201cToday we are celebrating this historic moment, the result of decades of tireless campaigning to protect the high seas which are home to a vast array of ocean life from coral reefs to whales and seabirds.<br><br>\u201cBut now the essential work of creating protected areas on the high seas must begin. This includes in the Tasman Sea, between Aotearoa and Australia, where New Zealand remains the only country still carrying out destructive bottom trawling &#8211; degrading this hugely biodiverse ecosystem and standing in the way of&nbsp; ocean protection.<br><br>\u201cWe are calling on the New Zealand Government to back the creation of global ocean sanctuaries and stop destructive bottom trawling from where it does the most harm.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cTime and time again we\u2019ve seen how industrial fishing interests seek to water down ocean protection, fighting to keep destroying the ocean ecosystems that we all rely on. <br><br>&#8220;To make the most of this historic win the Government must get on with real work of creating protection, not pandering to\u00a0 the fishing industry who prioritise profit over the health of our blue planet.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>The New Zealand public is already onside. Recent polling shows 79% of New Zealanders support the creation of a global ocean sanctuary in the South Pacific Tasman Sea and 78% want bottom trawling banned in this area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe time for action is now &#8211; NZ must not delay getting behind this historic Treaty that could revolutionise the way the oceans are managed,\u201d says Hooper.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/01\/e7e33ae1-gp0su3vlk_low-res-800px.jpg\" title=\"A diver, Amber Bourke, in diving gear under water is holding a yellow banner reading &quot;Ocean Sanctuaries Now&quot; with a Greenpeace logo on the bottom of the banner\" alt=\"A woman diver, Amber Bourke, in diving gear, is underwater holding a yellow banner that reads &quot;Ocean Sanctuary Now&quot; with the Greenpeace logo\" class=\"wp-image-75364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/01\/e7e33ae1-gp0su3vlk_low-res-800px.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/01\/e7e33ae1-gp0su3vlk_low-res-800px-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/01\/e7e33ae1-gp0su3vlk_low-res-800px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/01\/e7e33ae1-gp0su3vlk_low-res-800px-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amber Bourke holds a banner reading &#8220;Ocean Sanctuary Now&#8221; in the blue waters several kilometres off Lord Howe Island. The South Tasman Sea and Lord Howe Rise are two linked sites in the South Pacific between Aotearoa and  Australias exclusive economic zones which form one of Greenpeace\u2019s priority areas for the first high seas ocean sanctuaries under the new Global Ocean Treaty. The area comprises a complex chain of seamounts (underwater mountains) leading to a vast plateau in the north.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ BRIDGET FERGUSON<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>New Zealand has not yet ratified the Global Oceans Treaty &#8211; also known as the High Seas Treaty- but was an early signer in 2023, signalling the intention to ratify.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>The Treaty coming into force marks the beginning of a crucial countdown to protect 30% of the world\u2019s ocean by 2030. Scientists have consistently said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/news-and-stories\/story\/cop15-ends-landmark-biodiversity-agreement\">protecting a third of the world\u2019s oceans by 2030<\/a>\u00a0 is critical to mitigating the dual climate and biodiversity crises.<br><br>Increasing High Seas protection from under 1% as it currently stands to 30% in the next four years will require governments to co-operate, be bold, and protect large areas of the ocean high in biodiversity values.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa is urging the New Zealand Government to back the creation of a sanctuary in the Tasman Sea, which is earmarked as one of the first places in the world to be protected in a global ocean sanctuary. <br><br>Seamounts rise from deep and warm and cool currents collide in the Tasman Sea creating a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/publication\/30x30-from-global-ocean-treaty-to-protection-at-sea\/\"> globally significant area <\/a>that is exceptionally abundant, from ancient corals to migrating whales, rare sharks and high diversity of fish and concentration of seabirds.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen for ourselves the beauty and life that thrives in the Tasman Sea\u201d, says Hooper who led a scientific expedition to explore seamounts in the region last year.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe also saw the impacts of bottom trawling, observing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/explore\/oceans\/south-pacific-seamounts-expedition\/\">vast amounts of destroyed coral rubble along known trawl tracks<\/a>. To protect the ocean for the future, New Zealand must stop bottom trawling and back meaningful ocean protection.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-61002 \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/create-global-ocean-sanctuaries\/\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/09\/3c7346f5-gp018ov_medium_res-1024x724.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/09\/3c7346f5-gp018ov_medium_res-600x424.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/09\/3c7346f5-gp018ov_medium_res-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/09\/3c7346f5-gp018ov_medium_res-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/09\/3c7346f5-gp018ov_medium_res-481x340.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/09\/3c7346f5-gp018ov_medium_res.jpg 1200w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\" title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/create-global-ocean-sanctuaries\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPETITION: Create global ocean sanctuaries\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">Call on the Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters to create new global ocean sanctuaries and protect our blue planet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t                                    <a\n                        class=\"btn btn-primary\"\n                        data-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n                        data-ga-action=\"Call to Action\"\n                        data-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/create-global-ocean-sanctuaries\/\"\n                        \n                    >\n                        Sign the petition\n                    <\/a>\n                \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Ocean Treaty, dubbed one of the most significant pieces of environmental legislation in decades, will officially enter into force on January 17, paving the way for global ocean protection on the High Seas. 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