NEW Documents for the Second Meeting of an open-ended informal working group of the Council July 2019
News & Announcements
PRESS RELEASE | 17 July 2019
Tonga Offshore Mining Limited (TOML) together with Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental (EMEPC) of Portugal have donated a black smoker chimney to the International Seabed Authority (...
PRESS RELEASE | 16 July 2019
Part II of the 25th Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council opened in Kingston, Jamaica this week with a key focus on the development of the draft exploitation regulations for minerals in...
ISA STATEMENT | 4 July 2019
In light of recent release of the report by Greenpeace entitled ‘Protect the Ocean’, which regrettably contains a series of inaccurate elements and factual mistakes, particularly in relation to the existing...
Mining Code
The "Mining Code" refers to the whole of the comprehensive set of rules, regulations and procedures issued by the International Seabed Authority to regulate prospecting, exploration and exploitation of marine minerals in the international seabed Area...read more
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Documents and Resources
Structure and Organisation
ISA Calendar of Events
Assembly: 25th Session
July 22, 2019
Deep CCZ Biodiversity Synthesis Workshop
October 1, 2019
The Ocean Conference
Mineral Resources
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Ferromanganese Crusts
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Polymetallic Nodules
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Polymetallic Sulphides
Activities
A principal function of the Authority is to regulate deep seabed mining and to give special emphasis to ensuring that the marine environment is protected from any harmful effects which may arise from mining activities including exploration and exploitation. Read more
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Central Database Repository
The Central Data Repository (CDR) holds centralized data of public and private information on marine mineral resources acquired from various institutions worldwide. The Authority uses this data to standardize and evaluate data for quantitative mineral assessments. Read more
