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Suva, FIJI — Leading Pacific tuna industry expert Dr Transform Aqorau has drawn from the region's experiences with its massive tuna fisheries industry to sound caution in the development of the "next frontier" of deep seabed mining.
Speaking at the Fiji National University in Suva last week, Aqorau...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters says the Cook Islands should have the freedom to investigate deep sea mining before being criticized.
Peters made the comment while in Rarotonga during his Pacific Mission last week.
"The reality is you're talking about massive...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A local organization has entered into a strategic partnership with Critical Minerals Ventures, LLC. (CMV), a Golden, Colorado-based consulting firm that specializes in international business development at the crossroads of Technology, Energy, Renewables, Automotive, and...
Kingston, JAMAICA — Seafood industry groups are calling for a pause on deep-sea mining until there is a clear understanding of the impacts it would have on the marine environment.
The announcement comes as the International Seabed Authority meets in Jamaica, where member countries are expected to...
United Nations, NYC — A Secretariat of the Pacific Communities (SPC) project about the potential of deep sea minerals mining in the Samoa islands first began around 1983, with a definitive study done in 1990 by Japan-SOPAC. The surveys were done in the EEZ of Samoa islands, only — nothing was done...