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Majority of UK citizens support a moratorium on deep-sea mining. Results come in advance of international meeting on the deep sea and follow new study showing a chasm in our […]
Business backlash against deep-sea mining grows. Volkswagen Group, Triodos Bank, Scania, and Patagonia today joined growing calls for a moratorium on the emerging deep-sea mining industry. The world’s second-biggest car […]
IUCN World Conservation Congress shines light on threat of deep-sea mining. This week, government and civil society come together to commit to action on critical environmental issues at the IUCN’s […]
Deep-sea mining company has misled investors ahead of IPO. Greenpeace USA, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC), and Global Witness have sent a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange […]
Environmental groups say no to deep-sea mining. Environmental groups in the Pacific call on Lord Zac Goldsmith to say ‘yes’ to marine protection and human rights and ‘no’ to deep-sea […]
Importance of science-based data in an exploration of deep-sea mining. The wrap-up of the ‘Blue Nodules’ project shows the importance of science-based data in the much-debated exploration of deep-sea mining. […]
Deep sea mining risks over $560 billion for terrestrial mining economies, with minimal financial gain. Planet Tracker previously highlighted the negative environmental impacts of deep sea mining – but there’s […]
Deep-sea ecosystems facing ongoing destruction, a s global community commits to biodiversity protection in Cali, Colombia. The latest CBD Conference of the Parties (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, marks twenty years […]
EU concern over Norwegian Arctic seabed mining proposal. The European Parliament has expressed its concern over Norway’s decision that could lead to the commercial mine exploitation of part of the […]
Activists united against Norway’s plans for deep sea mining. International activists and environmental organisations gathered outside the Norwegian Parliament on Tuesday as the vote to approve the opening for deep sea […]
Oceans North welcomes Canada’s support for deep sea mining moratorium in international waters. As meetings of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) begin today, the list of countries calling for a […]
RESISTANCE GROWS TO DEEP OCEAN MINING An international meeting in Kingston, Jamaica begins today, to negotiate regulations that if approved, would permit the largest mining operation in human history to […]
Seamounts and other deep-sea ecosystems on the high seas get further protection from bottom trawling in the Northwest Atlantic. The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) […]
Farah Obaidullah founder of Women4Oceans. Follow Fish Focus’ feature on Women in the Seafood Industry, to mark this year’s International Women’s Day. Farah Obaidullah, one of the leading voices for ocean advocacy […]
The Ocean Hope Expedition: A Successful milestone achieved in Mexico. Farah Obaidullah, founder of The Ocean and Us, has wrapped up her three-week journey through Baja, California as part of The […]
The Ocean Hope Expedition champions High Seas protection and calls for a moratorium on deep-sea mining. Amid escalating climate and biodiversity crises, the ocean—the very heart of our planet—faces mounting […]
Deeper commitments needed to safeguard the ocean’s depths. As the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) comes to a close, the […]
A new source of oxygen in the deep sea? A discovery in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean is challenging the scientific consensus of how oxygen is produced and […]
Groundbreaking discovery in the deep ocean. Oxygen production by polymetallic nodules targeted by the deep-sea mining industry. In a ground-breaking discovery, scientists have revealed that oxygen is being produced in […]
Global calls to protect our ocean intensify as ISA Council and Assembly meeting resumes. From July 15 – August 2, nations from around the world will gather for the International […]
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