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"More Deals in Readiness for Seabed Mining Boom"  — Wendy Laursen — The Maritime Executive — March 30, 2016

The International Seabed Authority has signed its first exploration contract for seabed mining for 2016. The deal was signed with the U.K. Seabed Resources Limited (UKSRL) and involves a 15-year contract for the exploration of polymetallic nodules in the eastern part of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone in the Pacific Ocean west of Mexico.

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Deep Seabed Mining
"Governments to Expand UNCLOS for Conservation"  — The Maritime Executive — January 30, 2015

World governments agreed last week that the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) should be expanded to include a new legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine life in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ).

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Marine Conservation