Sustainable deep-sea ocean resource exploitation

High biodiversity discovered in abyssal areas of Kiribati

A study led by National Oceanography Centre (NOC) scientists, recently published in Frontiers in Marine Science, presents the first ever images of animals living below 4000 metres within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Kiribati, a remote island group in the Pacific.

Capacity building in Kiribati

This week NOC scientists Dr Daniel Jones and Dr Erik Simon-Lledó have been working with the Kiribati government to improve capacity and information in deep-sea assessment.

Sustainable deep-sea ocean resource exploitation

Both Kiribati and Tonga have recently passed Seabed Minerals Acts (Kiribati in 2017, and Tonga in 2014) to regulate deep-sea mining activities in their national and international waters. Both states are also in the process of developing Deep-Sea mining policies and national environmental management strategies for mining.

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