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high seas

plural noun

(sometimes singular) the open seas of the world, outside the jurisdiction of any one nation

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Idioms and Phrases

Open waters of an ocean or sea, beyond the territorial jurisdiction of a country. For example, Commercial fishermen are being forced to go out on the high seas in order to make a living. [c. 1100]

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Experts say the shift is in response to restrictive border policies that put migrants at increasing danger as they are pushed farther out to the high seas.

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International institutions known as regional fisheries-management organizations are supposed to regulate fishing activities in high seas areas such as the bank.

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Passengers who spent the night on board described the mood as positive - despite not hitting the high seas just yet.

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It achieved its dominance on the high seas — beyond any country’s jurisdiction — with more than 6,000 distant-water ships, more than triple the size of the next largest national fleet.

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"No one had ever considered that the Indigenous people of Oceania have a connection and relationship to what they’re calling the high seas."

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high sea high season

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