Technologies like these were being shown off in the halls of Vivatech as the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) drew to a close hundreds of kilometres to the south in French Mediterranean city Nice. The conference has pushed a treaty to protect 60% of the world’s oceans closer to becoming law, with 55 signatures — just five shy of the number required for its enactment. New technologies could be “a very good thing” for the oceans, said Andre Abreu, International Affairs Director at the Paris-based Tara Ocean Foundation.
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