Mermaids eye-view

Of course,one question is: to whom does the seabed,which anyone can now look at,belong? Geographical disputes are in many places being replaced by squabbles over the seabed. The law of the sea has failed to address the issues surrounding what we can click and view so naïvely: it is clear on the coastline of a state but it fails to define anything beyond and below. The seabed around a host of countries has minerals,gas-reserves,and oil: as soon as the scramble for resources is involved the desire to know loses its innocence. These countries now have a February deadline to register their wish to explore. Ultimately,who has the over-arching authority and right? This months deadline raises alarm bells for such states; what was once a universal good is now open to territorial dispute. No doubt that will have the usual suspects at each others throats. Perhaps they should adopt Googles motto: Dont be evil.