Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)OpposeAdvocacy
Summary: A coalition of 61 organizations is urging NOAA to deny deep-seabed mining exploration licenses to American Metal Resources, LLC and SeaX, Inc. in the Clarion Clipperton Zone. They argue that the current scientific knowledge is insufficient to protect the marine environment, that the proposed activities would violate international law and the "common heritage of mankind" principle, and that the applications fail to meet the requirements of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act.
Comment from 61 organizations (AbibiNsroma Foundation et al.) (upload 4)
Attachments
- AbibiNsroma Foundation et al comments_AMR and SeaX_exploration license apps (PDF)
- AbibiNsroma Foundation source index AMR SeaX (PDF)
- Washburn et al. 2023. Seamount mining test provides evidence of ecological impacts beyond deposition (PDF)
- Washburn et al_Environmental Heterogeneity Throughout the CCZ (PDF)
- Washburn et al_Patterns of Macrofaunal Biodiversity Across the CCZ (PDF)
- Washburn_Impacts of the first deep sea seafloor massive sulfide mining excavation tests on benthic communities (PDF)
- Williams et al. 2022. Noise from deep-sea mining may span vast ocean areas (PDF)
- Williams et al. 2025. Noise from DSM in CCZ (PDF)
- Yao et al. 2025. Development of deep-sea mining and its environmental impacts - a review (PDF)
- Young et al_Threatened cetaceans in a potential deep seabed mining region (PDF)