Officials meet to discuss division of Rockall seabed

Officials from Ireland and three other countries are meeting today for negotiations to divide up the ocean floor in the north Atlantic.

Officials meet to discuss division of Rockall seabed

Officials from Ireland and three other countries are meeting today for negotiations to divide up the ocean floor in the north Atlantic.

Under a new UN treaty, countries can claim a greater share of the ocean floor if they can show a direct link with their own land mass.

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