Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
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Summary: The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) opposes the issuance of deep seabed mining exploration licenses to American Metal Resources, LLC and SeaX, Inc. They argue that there is insufficient scientific knowledge to evaluate the environmental impacts of mining in the Clarion Clipperton Zone and urge a moratorium on the activity.
Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (upload 7)
Attachments
- AMR and SeaX_exploration license apps_NRDC comments (PDF)
- NRDC_source index AMR SeaX (PDF)
- Drazen et al. 2020. Midwater ecosystems must be consider when evaluating (PDF)
- Fiedler_Oceanographic conditions of the Eastern Tropical Pacific (PDF)
- Gillard_Physical and hydrodynamic properties of deep sea mining (PDF)
- ISA_Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (PDF)
- Kinzey_Marine mammal data collection procedures on research ship line-transect surveys (PDF)
- Kongsberg Marine_Maintenance Manual EM 122 Multibeam echo sounder (PDF)
- Niu et al. 2021. Baseline assessment of ocean ambient noise (PDF)
- Oebius_Parametrization and evaluation of marine environmental impacts (PDF)
- Ruppel_Categorizing Active Marine Acoustic Sources Based (PDF)
- RWSC_Science Plan_ch 2 (PDF)
- Southall et al_Final report of the Independent Scientific Review Panel (PDF)
- Stewart et al_Impacts of an industrial deep sea mining trial on macrofaunal biodiversity (PDF)
- Van Parijs_NOAA and BOEM Minimum Recommendations for Use of Passive Acoustic Listening Systems (PDF)
- Varghese_Spatial Analysis of Beaked Whale Foraging During Two 12 kHz MBES (PDF)
- Conn_Vessel speed restrictions reduce risk of collision-related mortality for North Atlantic right whales (PDF)
- Duarte_The soundscape of the Anthropocene ocean (PDF)
- Erbe_The Effects of Ship Noise on Marine Mammals (PDF)
- Hazel_Vessel speed increases collision risk for the green turtle Chelonia mydas (PDF)