Industrial mining the seabed has long been an idea but has yet to become a reality. For decades, there’s been a de facto ban on commercial seabed mining by the International Seabed Authority, a ...

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

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 ...

UNCLOS established the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to manage the international seabed ... and as such, the ISA's governance approach appears to be one of companies self-regulating. Despite ...

The initiative thrusts an agency known for regulating U.S. oceans and fisheries into a potential diplomatic row with the International Seabed Authority. President Donald Trump’s assertion that ...

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 ...

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 ...