Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)OpposeAdvocacy
Summary: The Alaska Wilderness League and 52 other organizations urge the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to stop the OCS mineral leasing process offshore Alaska. They argue that deep-sea mining poses irreversible harm to marine habitats and wildlife, and they advocate for a moratorium on such activities.
Comment from Alaska Wilderness League et al. (upload 5)
Attachments
- Comments from Alaska Wilderness League et al (PDF)
- Van Gosen_USGS Deposit Model_comp 2 (PDF)
- Speer_IUCN NRDC workshop (PDF)
- Stone and Shotwell_Status of State of Deep Coral Ecosystems in the Alaska Region_comp (PDF)
- Stone_The ecology of deep sea corals and sponges in Aleutians (PDF)
- Stutt_Nautilus Minerals officially sinks shares still trading (PDF)
- Sweetman et al. 2024. Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor (PDF)
- Thompson et al_Urgent assessment needed (PDF)
- Torres_Reducing sand mining growing toll (PDF)
- Troy et al. 2013. Using observed seabord fallout records to infer patterns of attraction to artificial light (PDF)
- UN FAO_Free prior informed consent (PDF)
- UNCLOS and Annexes (PDF)
- US FWS_Polar Bear Ursus maritimus (PDF)
- USGS_Marine Minerals in Alaska_comp 1 (PDF)
- USGS_Marine Minerals in Alaska_comp 2 (PDF)
- USGS_Seafloor Benthic Mapping and Characterization_Enhancing our Understanding of Aleutian Islands (PDF)
- Van Der Grient and Drazen_Evaluating deep sea communities susceptibility (PDF)
- Van Dover_Scientific rationale and international obligations (PDF)
- Van Gosen_USGS Deposit Model_comp 1 (PDF)