On 24 April 2025, the US issued an executive order authorising federal agencies to begin granting licences for deep-sea mineral extraction both within the US Exclusive Economic Zone and in international waters including the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, explicitly bypassing the International Seabed regs
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Apple-sized rocks four kilometres below the central Pacific Ocean contain more cobalt and manganese than all known land deposits combined. Mining companies are now racing to extract them from one of the least-explored ecosystems on Earth, where 90 % of the local species are still undescribed
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Congratulations to Xavier Becerra. I am excited to offer him all the support I can as he sets out to become our state’s next governor, and I look forward to standing with him as California makes history by electing our first Latino governor in 150 years.
And this:
"The Western and Central Pacific Ocean is now the only major ocean area where tuna are harvested sustainably."
The Power of the Pacific by UNDP Planet - UNDP Nature