Nadine Le Bris and Jérôme Dyment, co-chairs of InterRidge, attended the 24th Session of the Council of International Seabed Authority that took place in Kingston on 5-9 March 2018, preceding a session of the Legal and Technical Commission (LTC).
Policy issues
InterRidge Industry Liaison Panel produces its first report
At the 2012 InterRidge Steering Committee meeting, in St. Petersburg, Russia, national representatives recommended the formation of an Industry Liaison Committee, to work with the ocean mining industry. This decision came in response to the recent granting of exploration licenses to several countries by the International Seabed Authority, for the evaluation of seafloor massive sulphide deposits (SMS) on mid-ocean ridges. Read the first report.
InterRidge Industrial Liaison Panel
InterRidge Industrial Liaison Panel is officially dismissed after 3 years as decided in the 2015 StComm Meeting!
InterRidge Liaison Panel to produce exploration guidelines
A new InterRidge Liaison Panel for the formation of guidelines concerning exploration and exploitation of vents has been formed. It will liaise with mining interests and policy makers to engage all interested in the very topical issue of SMS deposits at hydrothermal vents.
Liaison panel on exploration guidelines
At the recent StComm meeting, it was decided that InterRidge should set up a panel to devise guidelines on exploration at vent sites, in collaboration with invited NGOs and industry. These would be similar to the Code of Conduct developed a few years ago, but more outward-looking to all stakeholders, rather than just scientists.
Policy issues
We will post articles of topical interest as well as documents produced by the InterRidge Office which have been sent to decision makers.
23rd annual session of the International Seabed Authority
