The White House’s executive order last month purports to authorize mining in international waters – against the authority of ...

UNCLOS established the International Seabed Authority (ISA ... and as such, the ISA's governance approach appears to be one of companies self-regulating. Despite the "ocean emergency" and ...

On the one hand, the International Seabed Authority (ISA), an autonomous international organization established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), is in ...

The directive is vague on whether the U.S. will entirely sidestep the work of the U.N.-sanctioned International Seabed Authority ... overall stability of ocean governance.” ...

Dozens of countries have called for a moratorium on seabed mining, and have urged restraint until an international authority agrees on rules for the practice. By Max Bearak Global energy and ...

A Canadian company has announced that its U.S. subsidiary has submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor.

It marked an abrupt shift in strategy as it had initially indicated that it would submit its request to the International Seabed Authority in June, which has jurisdiction over the seabed in ...

The head of the International Seabed Authority (ISA ... precedent that could destabilize the entire system of global ocean governance," she added. The ISA must both oversee any exploration ...