The European Commission is expected to call for part of the North Sea to be declared a no-go zone for cod fishing ahead of its annual round of negotiations between fisheries ministers.
It may or may not become possible when the fighting is over to devise an international zone between Egypt and Israel which might serve as a secure additional route between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.
If implemented, the Baltic Deepwater Oxygenation (Box) project would require around 100 pumping stations built around the Baltic Sea to transport oxygen deep underwater to counteract the declining amounts of oxygen and prevent the growth of the dead zone.