The final frontier: who owns the oceans and their hidden treasures?

From Thailand to Alaska, the battle to tap ever-dwindling resources from minerals to fish is spurring new conflicts over who has the right to the treasures of the deep seas. Reuters, London. This question posits the time memorial enigma of mare libre, mare clausum. Should the oceans  be free of access or regulated? The answer is a rational combination of the two for sustainable human subsistence. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oceans-rights-politics-insight/the-final-frontier-who-owns-the-oceans-and-their-hidden-treasures-idUSKBN1O3030