![]() ![]() Until global rules are in place, seabed mining is not allowed. The International Seabed Authority (ISA), a UN body, is drawing up regulations governing seabed mining in the high seas – areas that are outside any national jurisdiction. “We need to better understand in order to protect.”Īlthough the president expressed concerns about deep-sea mining, France holds an exploration contract through the L’Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (National Institute for Ocean Science) for a 75,000 sq km (29,000 sq mile) area in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, an expanse of the north Pacific seabed rich in polymetallic nodules. ![]() Cable Description Notes Size 0.5 mm Magnetic Pickup Positive Connect To Magnetic Pickup Device AWG 20 0.5 mm. “But at the same time we need to promote our scientists and explorers to better know the high seas,” he added. Installation 3.2.3 MAGNETIC PICK-UP AND DIGITAL INPUTS (3110-XXX-01) NOTE: For further details of module configuration, refer to DSE Publication: 057-087 DSE3110 DSE Configuration Suite PC Software Manual. “We have … to create the legal framework to stop high-sea mining and to not allow new activities putting in danger these ecosystems,” Macron said on Thursday at an event on the sidelines of the UN ocean conference in Lisbon. ![]() Deep-sea mining would involve using heavy machinery on the ocean floor to suck up small rocks, known as nodules, that contain cobalt, manganese and other rare metals mostly used in batteries. ![]()
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