How An ‘Ocean Mission Control’ Could Have Prevented The Ecological Disaster In Mauritius

How An ‘Ocean Mission Control’ Could Have Prevented The Ecological Disaster In Mauritius

This photo provided by the French Defense Ministry shows oil leaking from the MV Wakashio across the ... [+] pristine coral reef lagoons and protected coral atolls of Mauritius on Sunday Aug.9, 2020.



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Last week saw several maritime tragedies around the world. There was the beaching – and now potential breakup – of the Japanese freighter that had ploughed headlong into the pristine coral reefs of Mauritius. Earlier, the Cabinet of Lebanon had resigned in response to protests around the Government handling of the unsafe cargo that led to the explosion which devastated the Port of Beirut.

Large fleets of industrial fishing vessels have been spotted off the coast of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands as well as the Korean Peninsula. Off the coast of Yemen,