Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)OpposeAdvocacy
Summary: Representing 61 organizations, the NRDC and its partners urge NOAA to deny deep-seabed mining exploration licenses for American Metal Resources, LLC and SeaX, Inc. in the Clarion Clipperton Zone. They argue that there is insufficient scientific knowledge to ensure environmental protection, that the mining activities pose significant risks to biodiversity and protected species, and that the U.S. should instead support a moratorium on deep-sea mining.
Comment from 61 organizations (AbibiNsroma Foundation et al.) (upload 4)
Attachments
- AbibiNsroma Foundation source index AMR SeaX (PDF)
- AbibiNsroma Foundation et al comments_AMR and SeaX_exploration license apps (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)