UN member states meet in New York to hammer out high seas treaty

World leaders urged to agree treaty to protect marine life after groups say planet's last wilderness treated recklessly'

UN member states will gather in New York to hammer out a long-awaited treaty that, if agreed, will govern the planet's last, lawless wilderness: the high seas.

Two hundred nautical miles beyond the territorial waters and jurisdiction of nations, the high seas have been treated recklessly", according to environmental groups.