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Kenya and Madagascar have joined a rapidly-growing number of governments calling for a precautionary pause or moratorium on deep-sea mining, marking a significant expansion of African leadership to protect the deep ocean from a high-risk industry.
Released on World Ocean Day, the United Nations’ Third World Ocean Assessment paints a stark picture of a deep ocean vital to planetary survival but under siege from industrial pressure and the impacts of the climate crisis.
The New Zealand Parliament is considering several short-sighted amendments to the National Fisheries Act 1996 that would expand industry influence over fisheries management, bypass vital public oversight and undermine ocean protection goals.
On July 19th people around the world will rise and gather in defense of one of Earth's last untouched frontiers: the deep sea. As governments convene for the crucial International Seabed Authority (ISA) meeting in Kingston, Jamaica (July 13 - 31), to decide if deep-sea mining will be permitted in international waters, a powerful global wave of ocean lovers will take to the water in a united call: Stop deep-sea mining before it starts.
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) welcomes the announcement that Malawi has become the first African country to support a precautionary pause on deep-sea mining, marking a significant milestone for the ocean and growing momentum against the speculative and destructive deep-sea mining industry.
The UN Bottom Fisheries Workshop in July 2026 marks a critical moment for deep-sea protection. Learn how bottom trawling threatens seamounts and what the international community must do to stop it.
The 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) concluded with widespread support for a resolution and decision on prioritizing the protection of seamount ecosystems. Parties also reaffirmed the need for precaution with regards to deep-sea mining and for the industry not to proceed as long as scientific gaps remain.
The High Seas Treaty (BBNJ Agreement) introduces new tools to safeguard the deep ocean’s extraordinary life and the critical services it provides. Learn more about the High Seas Treaty, what it means for the deep sea, challenges to overcome and opportunities for the future of ocean conservation.
Two weeks of International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council negotiations have concluded with no mining approved and no Mining Code adopted. Unresolved issues ranged from environmental safeguards and liability to inspection, compliance, and benefit-sharing. Governments, including France, Costa Rica, South Africa on behalf of the Africa Group, Mexico, Germany, Palau, and Brazil, among others, raised major scientific, environmental, and governance gaps. Several States stressed that these issues must be fully resolved before any mining is considered.
This March, governments gathering at the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) will consider an important new resolution and decision on conserving seamount ecosystems - an opportunity to strengthen protections for migratory species from surface waters to the deep sea.