Governments
21 states have taken positions against deep-sea mining in international waters:
Moratorium Alliance: Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Palau, Samoa.
The President of Palau, Surangel Whipps, Jr. launched a new Alliance of Countries Calling for a deep-Sea mining moratorium at the 2022 UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon. Fiji and Samoa were the first countries to join the Alliance, followed by the Federated States of Micronesia.
Ban: France.
Moratorium position: Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, The French Polynesian assembly.
Precautionary Pause: Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Panama, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Vanuatu.
Parliamentarians
The Pacific Parliamentarians Alliance on Deep-Sea Mining (PPADSM).
Global Parliamentary Declaration Calling for a Moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining.