DSCC Submissions to the 26th Session of the International Seabed Authority | December 2021

2 December, 2021

DSCC Briefing 26th ISA December Council Meeting | December 2021

DSCC Interventions

Earthworks Intervention on Agenda items 9 and 10: Annual report of the Secretary-General (ISBA/26/A/2, and ISBA/26/A/2/Add.1) and Report on the implementation of the strategic plan and high-level action plan (ISBA/26/A/8-ISBA/26/C/23 and ISBA/26/A/9)| December 14, 2021 (Assembly Day 2)

On Agenda item 9: Annual report of the Secretary-General (ISBA/26/A/2, and ISBA/26/A/2/Add.1)| December 14, 2021 (Assembly Day 2)

On Agenda item 8: Statement by the President of the Council on the Work of the Council | December 13, 2021 (Assembly Day 1)

Earthworks Intervention on Agenda item 13: Regional Environmental Management Plans (REMPs) | December 9, 2021

On Agenda item 13: Report of the Chair of the LTC (morning) | December 9, 2021

On Agenda item 13: Regional Environmental Management Plans (REMPs) | December 9, 2021

Earthworks Intervention Agenda item 14: Report of the Finance Committee | December 8, 2021

On Agenda item 14: Report of the Finance Committee | December 8, 2021

Earthworks Intervention on Agenda item 12: Draft Regulations for the exploitation of resources in the Area (Roadmap) | December 7, 2021

On Agenda item 12: Draft Regulations for the exploitation of resources in the Area (Roadmap) | December 7, 2021

On Agenda item 11: Report of the Secretary-General ISBA/26/A/8-ISBA/26/C/23 on the implementation of the decision of the Council in 2019 relating to the reports of the Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission   | December 6, 2021

On Agenda item 8: Status of contracts for exploration and related matters (periodic reviews and relinquishments) | December 6, 2021

On Agenda item 11: Implementation of the decision of the Council in 2019 relating to the reports of the Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission (ISBA/26/C/3)

DSCC Comments on the Draft Standards and Guidelines Prepared by the Legal and Technical Commission and the Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority – October 2020

15 October, 2020

The ISA has issued three sets of draft guidelines and standards for deep-sea mining for public comment. These are the ‘Draft guideline on the preparation and assessment of an application for the approval of a Plan of Work for exploitation’; the ‘Draft standard and guidelines on the development and application of environmental management systems’; and the ‘Draft standard and guidelines on the form and calculation of an environmental performance guarantee’.

Below is the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition comments on these draft guidelines and standards.

South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation 8th Scientific Committee Meeting Documents – 3 to 8 Oct, 2020

1 October, 2020

The SC8 meeting, hosted by New Zealand, is being held remotely from 3 to 8 October 2020. The Chairperson of the SC is Dr Jim Ianelli (USA) and the Vice Chairperson is Mr Niels Hintzen (EU). All official meeting documents and other relevant information can be found on the SPRFMO SC8 webpage.

Presentations to Deep Water Working Group

Presentations to the Scientific Committee

DSCC Interventions

DSCC Briefing for the Eighth Meeting of the Commission of the SPRFMO

15 January, 2020

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) respectfully submits this briefing for the Eighth Meeting of the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO).

This briefing will address the Scientific Committee; the Conservation and Management Measures (CMM), with respect to bottom fisheries; and the Performance Review Recommendations.

DSCC Submission on March 22, 2019 Version of Draft ISA Exploitation Regulations

14 October, 2019

The following are comments on the 2019 ISA Exploitation Regulations.

The submission is in three sections:
Firstly, an Overview, setting out key problems and issues to be addressed;
Secondly, a commentary on changes made to this version compared to the previous version;
and Thirdly, an article-by-article analysis in Annex A in a tabular format.