Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
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🆕 Today we are proud to launch the Knowledge Hub — a digital space to learn, share, and celebrate the vital role the deep ocean plays in life on Earth.
The deep sea is vital, mysterious, & vulnerable. The more we know, the better we can protect.
Dive in: wp.me/pfvfE3-XH #DeepDay
The deep sea is vital, mysterious, & vulnerable. The more we know, the better we can protect.
Dive in: wp.me/pfvfE3-XH #DeepDay
The deep ocean is essential to life on Earth, yet it remains one of the least understood and most vulnerable parts of our planet.
As destructive fishing practices continue & pressure grows for deep-sea mining, scientists are calling for precaution, protection, and science-based decision-making.
As destructive fishing practices continue & pressure grows for deep-sea mining, scientists are calling for precaution, protection, and science-based decision-making.
January 29, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The deep ocean is essential to life on Earth, yet it remains one of the least understood and most vulnerable parts of our planet.
As destructive fishing practices continue & pressure grows for deep-sea mining, scientists are calling for precaution, protection, and science-based decision-making.
As destructive fishing practices continue & pressure grows for deep-sea mining, scientists are calling for precaution, protection, and science-based decision-making.
The deep sea is at risk.
Pressure to start deep-sea mining is escalating, even through unilateral actions that bypass international law.
A moratorium is the only responsible path forward.
✊ Tell your government to act now: DefendTheDeep.org
Pressure to start deep-sea mining is escalating, even through unilateral actions that bypass international law.
A moratorium is the only responsible path forward.
✊ Tell your government to act now: DefendTheDeep.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The deep sea is at risk.
Pressure to start deep-sea mining is escalating, even through unilateral actions that bypass international law.
A moratorium is the only responsible path forward.
✊ Tell your government to act now: DefendTheDeep.org
Pressure to start deep-sea mining is escalating, even through unilateral actions that bypass international law.
A moratorium is the only responsible path forward.
✊ Tell your government to act now: DefendTheDeep.org
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Deep sea mining is reckless, untested, and threatens the very fabric of island communities. @RepKimKingHinds has it right: “In places like the Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, we don’t get the luxury of being wrong… There’s no ‘fix it and move it somewhere else.’”
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Deep sea mining is reckless, untested, and threatens the very fabric of island communities. @RepKimKingHinds has it right: “In places like the Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, we don’t get the luxury of being wrong… There’s no ‘fix it and move it somewhere else.’”
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“The ocean is not something we talk about in theory: it is how we live, it feeds our family, it holds our history and connects our people to generations before us.” Thank you @RepMoylan. Deep sea mining has NO place in Pacific waters. #DefendTheDeep
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
“The ocean is not something we talk about in theory: it is how we live, it feeds our family, it holds our history and connects our people to generations before us.” Thank you @RepMoylan. Deep sea mining has NO place in Pacific waters. #DefendTheDeep
Deep-sea news alert!
Our round-up brings you top stories from the ocean depths of the past few weeks. Check the images to stay updated. A thread 🧵
#DeepSeaNews
Our round-up brings you top stories from the ocean depths of the past few weeks. Check the images to stay updated. A thread 🧵
#DeepSeaNews
January 27, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Deep-sea news alert!
Our round-up brings you top stories from the ocean depths of the past few weeks. Check the images to stay updated. A thread 🧵
#DeepSeaNews
Our round-up brings you top stories from the ocean depths of the past few weeks. Check the images to stay updated. A thread 🧵
#DeepSeaNews
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Deep-sea mining CEOs testifying on Capitol Hill right now saying U.S. needs to mine the high seas now before China does.
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
Trump’s push to mine deep-sea battery metals draws ire from allies
At U.N. talks in Jamaica, allies blasted the U.S. bid to unilaterally mine the high seas. Some made an unusual move to side with America’s economic foe:…
www.canarymedia.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Deep-sea mining CEOs testifying on Capitol Hill right now saying U.S. needs to mine the high seas now before China does.
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
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Congress talkin bout deep sea mining today…
January 22, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Congress talkin bout deep sea mining today…
The DSCC condemns TMC's attempt to fast-track deep-sea mining via a unilateral U.S. process.
As governments approach critical decisions at the ISA this year, establishing a global moratorium on this destructive industry is more urgent than ever.
deep-sea-conservation.org/statement-on...
As governments approach critical decisions at the ISA this year, establishing a global moratorium on this destructive industry is more urgent than ever.
deep-sea-conservation.org/statement-on...
Statement on The Metals Company’s application to unilaterally mine international waters via the United States - DSCC
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) strongly condemns The Metals Company’s (TMC) attempt to fast-track deep-sea mining through a unilateral U.S. permitting process in international waters, atte...
deep-sea-conservation.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The DSCC condemns TMC's attempt to fast-track deep-sea mining via a unilateral U.S. process.
As governments approach critical decisions at the ISA this year, establishing a global moratorium on this destructive industry is more urgent than ever.
deep-sea-conservation.org/statement-on...
As governments approach critical decisions at the ISA this year, establishing a global moratorium on this destructive industry is more urgent than ever.
deep-sea-conservation.org/statement-on...
Deep beneath the ocean’s sunlit surface is an extraordinary world where most people never go: the deep sea.
These depths are teeming with life; scientists believe as many as 10 million different species live in the deep sea – a biodiversity as rich as tropical rainforests.
These depths are teeming with life; scientists believe as many as 10 million different species live in the deep sea – a biodiversity as rich as tropical rainforests.
January 22, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Deep beneath the ocean’s sunlit surface is an extraordinary world where most people never go: the deep sea.
These depths are teeming with life; scientists believe as many as 10 million different species live in the deep sea – a biodiversity as rich as tropical rainforests.
These depths are teeming with life; scientists believe as many as 10 million different species live in the deep sea – a biodiversity as rich as tropical rainforests.
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The Trump administration is bending the rules to open up the deep sea to commercial mining for the first time.
Trump is steamrolling global calls for a moratorium on deep-sea mining
It wants to greenlight mining outside of US national jurisdiction.
www.theverge.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The Trump administration is bending the rules to open up the deep sea to commercial mining for the first time.
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Trump to speed permits for deep-sea mining in international waters reut.rs/3Zqekpy
Trump to speed permits for deep-sea mining in international waters
The Trump administration is pressing ahead on Wednesday with an effort to encourage U.S. exploration of the deep sea by accelerating permitting for companies hunting for critical minerals in international waters, a move that is likely to face environmental and legal concerns.
reut.rs
January 21, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Trump to speed permits for deep-sea mining in international waters reut.rs/3Zqekpy
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The Trump administration has issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, bringing the US a step closer to unilaterally launching the controversial industry. u.afp.com/SBpo
u.afp.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:45 AM
The Trump administration has issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, bringing the US a step closer to unilaterally launching the controversial industry. u.afp.com/SBpo
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Angelo Villagomez highlights concerns over the expedited timeline for public comments on deep-sea mining in the Northern Mariana Islands.
www.nminewsservice.com/villagomez-c...
www.nminewsservice.com/villagomez-c...
Villagomez warns of rushed timeline as deep-sea mining process advances near Marianas
Angelo Villagomez, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, told NMI News Service’s Good Morning Marianas that a federal deep-sea mining push is moving too fast, with public comments due...
www.nminewsservice.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Angelo Villagomez highlights concerns over the expedited timeline for public comments on deep-sea mining in the Northern Mariana Islands.
www.nminewsservice.com/villagomez-c...
www.nminewsservice.com/villagomez-c...
Greenland sharks grow less than 1cm per year, reach sexual maturity at 150 years old and are the slowest sharks in the world.
These deep-sea creatures live to at least 250 years, making them the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth.
#DeepSeaWonders
These deep-sea creatures live to at least 250 years, making them the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth.
#DeepSeaWonders
January 20, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Greenland sharks grow less than 1cm per year, reach sexual maturity at 150 years old and are the slowest sharks in the world.
These deep-sea creatures live to at least 250 years, making them the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth.
#DeepSeaWonders
These deep-sea creatures live to at least 250 years, making them the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth.
#DeepSeaWonders
The #HighSeasTreaty is now in force; implementation is the real test.
Higher standards, precaution, and real protection mean no green light for deep-sea mining or destructive bottom fishing.
As the COP process begins, the deep must be at its center.
#DefendTheDeep
Higher standards, precaution, and real protection mean no green light for deep-sea mining or destructive bottom fishing.
As the COP process begins, the deep must be at its center.
#DefendTheDeep
January 19, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The #HighSeasTreaty is now in force; implementation is the real test.
Higher standards, precaution, and real protection mean no green light for deep-sea mining or destructive bottom fishing.
As the COP process begins, the deep must be at its center.
#DefendTheDeep
Higher standards, precaution, and real protection mean no green light for deep-sea mining or destructive bottom fishing.
As the COP process begins, the deep must be at its center.
#DefendTheDeep
Today, the historic #HighSeasTreaty enters into force.
The majority of the high seas is deep sea.
As the COP process begins, the deep and the threats it faces must be at the center of implementation.
#BBNJ #DefendTheDeep
The majority of the high seas is deep sea.
As the COP process begins, the deep and the threats it faces must be at the center of implementation.
#BBNJ #DefendTheDeep
January 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Today, the historic #HighSeasTreaty enters into force.
The majority of the high seas is deep sea.
As the COP process begins, the deep and the threats it faces must be at the center of implementation.
#BBNJ #DefendTheDeep
The majority of the high seas is deep sea.
As the COP process begins, the deep and the threats it faces must be at the center of implementation.
#BBNJ #DefendTheDeep
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🇧🇪 Belgium wants to host the #BBNJ, while supporting deep-sea mining🤯 What a contradiction.
44 NGOs to Belgium: back a precautionary pause. After all, deep-sea mining is the BBNJ treaty's first test
17 EU states have already acted. Belgium, it's your turn
seas-at-risk.org/publications...
44 NGOs to Belgium: back a precautionary pause. After all, deep-sea mining is the BBNJ treaty's first test
17 EU states have already acted. Belgium, it's your turn
seas-at-risk.org/publications...
January 16, 2026 at 9:45 AM
🇧🇪 Belgium wants to host the #BBNJ, while supporting deep-sea mining🤯 What a contradiction.
44 NGOs to Belgium: back a precautionary pause. After all, deep-sea mining is the BBNJ treaty's first test
17 EU states have already acted. Belgium, it's your turn
seas-at-risk.org/publications...
44 NGOs to Belgium: back a precautionary pause. After all, deep-sea mining is the BBNJ treaty's first test
17 EU states have already acted. Belgium, it's your turn
seas-at-risk.org/publications...
The deep ocean is not a resource frontier, it is a life-source.
In our latest Knowledge Hub Q&A, PhD researcher Vilimae Kasanawaqa explains why #DeepSeaMining threatens food security, culture, sovereignty, and human security across the Pacific.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4jI1QDe
In our latest Knowledge Hub Q&A, PhD researcher Vilimae Kasanawaqa explains why #DeepSeaMining threatens food security, culture, sovereignty, and human security across the Pacific.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4jI1QDe
January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The deep ocean is not a resource frontier, it is a life-source.
In our latest Knowledge Hub Q&A, PhD researcher Vilimae Kasanawaqa explains why #DeepSeaMining threatens food security, culture, sovereignty, and human security across the Pacific.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4jI1QDe
In our latest Knowledge Hub Q&A, PhD researcher Vilimae Kasanawaqa explains why #DeepSeaMining threatens food security, culture, sovereignty, and human security across the Pacific.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4jI1QDe
New financial analysis highlights growing risks around The Metals Company’s #DeepSeaMining plans.
With no proven revenue or track record, deep-sea mining remains a speculative and risky bet.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tmcs-commercial-prospects-look-increasingly-114236964.html
With no proven revenue or track record, deep-sea mining remains a speculative and risky bet.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tmcs-commercial-prospects-look-increasingly-114236964.html
January 13, 2026 at 5:11 AM
New financial analysis highlights growing risks around The Metals Company’s #DeepSeaMining plans.
With no proven revenue or track record, deep-sea mining remains a speculative and risky bet.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tmcs-commercial-prospects-look-increasingly-114236964.html
With no proven revenue or track record, deep-sea mining remains a speculative and risky bet.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tmcs-commercial-prospects-look-increasingly-114236964.html
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In the Northern Mariana Islands, hundreds of residents express concerns regarding proposed deep-sea mining activities, highlighting community impact.
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Hundreds of residents across the Marianas are speaking out against proposed deep-sea mining plans. Community town halls were recently held on Rota, Tinian, and Saipan, and Marianas Press was there...
www.facebook.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
In the Northern Mariana Islands, hundreds of residents express concerns regarding proposed deep-sea mining activities, highlighting community impact.
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Cook Islands govt rejects research saying deep sea mining not profitable
Cook Islands govt rejects research saying deep sea mining not profitable
The research reviewed the economic potential of polymetallic nodules in the Cook Islands' seabed.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Cook Islands govt rejects research saying deep sea mining not profitable
Named after the mountain monster thanks to their ‘furry’ claws, Yeti crabs live along hydrothermal vents over 2,000 meters below the ocean surface. They host bacterial colonies on their arms, which they eat using mouth appendages.
#DeepSeaWonders
#DeepSeaWonders
January 7, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Named after the mountain monster thanks to their ‘furry’ claws, Yeti crabs live along hydrothermal vents over 2,000 meters below the ocean surface. They host bacterial colonies on their arms, which they eat using mouth appendages.
#DeepSeaWonders
#DeepSeaWonders
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Petition against deep sea mining near Mariana Trench gaining support
Petition against deep sea mining near Mariana Trench gaining support
The appeal has been signed by 3000 people from US territories.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Petition against deep sea mining near Mariana Trench gaining support
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From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos from the ocean’s depths
6 Otherworldly Deep-Sea Images from 2025
From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos from the ocean’s depths
www.scientificamerican.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos from the ocean’s depths
Scientists discovered a rare deep-sea habitat where hydrothermal vents and cold seeps occur together at Conical Seamount, Papua New Guinea. The unique conditions support highly specialized life – another reminder of how much of the deep ocean remains unknown.
Read the study: https://bit.ly/4jpbnPy
Read the study: https://bit.ly/4jpbnPy
December 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Scientists discovered a rare deep-sea habitat where hydrothermal vents and cold seeps occur together at Conical Seamount, Papua New Guinea. The unique conditions support highly specialized life – another reminder of how much of the deep ocean remains unknown.
Read the study: https://bit.ly/4jpbnPy
Read the study: https://bit.ly/4jpbnPy