In line with the purpose and spirit of World Ocean Day 2024, Seas At Risk — as part of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition and its 115+ members and partner organisations —  urge UN Secretary-General Guterres, in an open letter, to secure the deep sea’s health for future generations by calling for all States to:

• Enact a precautionary moratorium or pause on deep-sea mining to allow for sufficient science and understanding of the deep ocean and the impacts of deep-sea mining on the marine environment.
• Protect vulnerable marine ecosystems by withdrawing their vessels from bottom impact fishing on seamounts. By protecting seamounts and other vulnerable marine ecosystems, we protect the whole ocean.

Read the open letter here.

Posted on: 31 May 2024

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean use