Good news for the oceans?

Good news about the warming, plastic-ridden, and overutilized oceans is in short supply these days, but this seems to be something good, even if it's not a done deal.

First ever high-seas conservation treaty would protect life in international waters

Speaking of dealing:

"One key issue facing negotiators—who met for the first time late last year and are scheduled to gather twice more over the next year—is how much of the high seas to protect. Existing preserves cover about 5% of the world's oceans, mostly in territorial waters. Under a different U.N. agreement, nations endorsed a goal of expanding reserves to cover 10% of the entire ocean by 2020. But many conservationists and scientists—as well as the government of the United Kingdom—argue the new pact should go bigger, placing 30% of the high seas off limits to unregulated exploitation."

We'll see how this goes, won't we?  I'd be very happy with 25%.