Seabed

In more remote areas, like the Clarion Clipperton Fracture in the central Pacific, the mapping researchers have done through the census is now helping the International Seabed Authority craft rules for future deep sea mining.

Global Census of Marine Life reveals thousands of new species, other discoveries Juliet Eilperin 2010

In more remote areas, like the Clarion Clipperton Fracture in the central Pacific, the mapping researchers have done through the census is now helping the International Seabed Authority craft rules for future deep sea mining.

Global Census of Marine Life reveals thousands of new species, other discoveries Juliet Eilperin 2010

Bolton and Blumenthal, the treaty creates another U.N. bureaucracy, the International Seabed Authority, to regulate mineral resources found outside the exclusive economic zones.

Law of the Sea Treaty Regulates Our Mining Of Offshore Resources 2011

The Jiaolong is diving at a site between Hawaii and the North America mainland, where China was granted rights to explore for minerals in 2001 by the International Seabed Authority, a U.N. body that oversees mining in international waters.

U.N. Clears China Sea-Floor Plan Jeremy Page 2011

Amendments to the provisions relating to deep seabed mining are handled a bit differently – they can be blocked by any member of the Council of the International Seabed Authority – and when the US joins, we will be the only nation with a permanent seat on the Council – but we can only block amendments there after we join the convention.

Matthew Yglesias » Law of the Sea Opponents Are Letting Rival Powers Rewrite International Law in their Interests 2009

The Pacific test site was selected because the state-run China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association, also known as Comra, signed a contract in 2001 with the International Seabed Authority, a United Nations body that oversees mining in international waters.

China to Dive for Buried Treasures Jeremy Page 2011

The Seabed Authority sets the rules for who can explore, what they can explore and how much they will have to pay to the authority.

Law of the Sea Treaty Regulates Our Mining Of Offshore Resources 2011

The Jiaolong is diving at the site in the Pacific because China was granted rights to explore for minerals there in 2001 by the International Seabed Authority, a U.N. body that oversees mining in international waters.

China Makes Milestone Dive Jeremy Page 2011

The BEA reported that the team of two work ships, the 260 foot crane equipped Seabed Worker and the 230-foot supply and load-line vessel the Anne Candies, three remote-operated subs and a sonar tow has accomplished a search of 1800 square miles of the Atlantic.

Christine Negroni: Runaway Sub Hampers Air France 447 Search 2010

The BEA reported that the team of two work ships, the 260 foot crane equipped Seabed Worker and the 230-foot supply and load-line vessel the Anne Candies, three remote-operated subs and a sonar tow has accomplished a search of 1800 square miles of the Atlantic.

Runaway Sub Hampers Air France 447 Search Christine Negroni 2010