A historic agreement was finally reached for the protection of the seas

After 10 years of negotiations, a historic agreement was reached to protect the world's oceans.

The agreement aims to designate 30 percent of the oceans as protected areas by 2030 to protect marine life and recover from the disease.

According to foreign media reports, the agreement was reached on Saturday evening after 38 hours of talks between various countries at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The negotiations had been going on for years due to differences in funding and fishing rights. 

The last international treaty on ocean conservation was signed 40 years ago in 1982.

The treaty established an area known as the High Seas, in which all countries have the right to fish, ship, and conduct research, but only 1.2 percent of the sea is protected by the treaty.

Aquatic species living outside these protected marine areas are threatened by climate change, overfishing, and climate change.

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), about 10 percent of aquatic species are threatened with extinction.

However, the new protected area established under the new agreement will establish a fishing limit.