Two motions at #IUCNcongress could mark a turning point for deep-sea protection. Motions 032 & 035 call for real action to safeguard vulnerable ecosystems & deliver on decades of global promises. Read insights from Cymie Payne & Matthew Gianni: https://deep-sea-conservation.org/?p=4244 #IUCN2025

It’s #WorldOctopusDay! From dumbo octopuses with ear-like fins and delicate cirrate species, to octopus nurseries around hydrothermal springs, the deep sea is full of remarkable octopus life. They thrive in darkness, cold, and crushing pressure, a reminder of the ocean’s endless surprises. #DeepSea

The orange roughy can live 150+ years but doesn’t reproduce until it’s at least 20 years old. These deep-sea fish form dense schools on seamounts to spawn, making them easy targets for bottom trawling. Their story shows why precaution and protection are essential in the deep ocean. #DeepSeaWonders

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Deep-sea mining isn’t a “just transition.” It’s justice washing. A new study shows how the climate crisis is being weaponised to justify extractivism in the Pacific under the guise of progress. Read the article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378025000901 #DefendTheDeep

🎉 Breaking News: The New Zealand government has announced major cuts to catch limits for orange roughy, cutting catch limits in half on the Chatham Rise. The DSCC welcomes this news, calling for an end to bottom trawling on all seamounts. Read more: https://bit.ly/46xSogU Image: NOAA

🔍 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. #DeepSeaNews @dialogueearth.bsky.social @oceanographicmag.bsky.social @grist.org#DeepSeaNews

💡 New on the DSCC Knowledge Hub: Charlotte Jarvis explores how #DeepSeaMining threatens underwater cultural heritage. Her new book, Threats to Our Ocean Heritage, is out today. 👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4nIRIL5 📖 Book: https://bit.ly/3IoIsgh #DefendTheDeep

A quick and dirty non-comprehensive write-up of my comments during my congressional briefing on deep-sea mining last Friday. www.southernfriedscience.com/9-quick-ques...

Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Deep Sea Mining A new publication by The Ocean Foundation on Underwater Cultural Heritage and Deep Seabed Mining 🌊History on deep seabed mining 🌊The legal context 🌊How it fits into the new UN Convention on Law of the Sea 🌊The ecological impacts of deep seabed mining

Only 29% of the world’s seabed has been mapped with modern tools. Progress is slowest in deep-sea areas and in low-income islands. Scientists urge coordinated global action so the @seabed2030.bsky.social vision of a fully charted ocean can still be realised. #DeepSea @deepseaconserve.bsky.social#DeepSea

The deep ocean is already suffering the impacts of climate change: warming, acidification & deoxygenation. At #ClimateWeekNYC, we defend the deep: ❌ No bottom trawling ❌ No deep-sea mining ✅ Protect our greatest ally in the climate crisis Learn more: bit.ly/4mpPob3 @climategroup.bsky.social#ClimateWeekNYC

Not all scarily-named creatures are what you expect. Meet the vampire squid, not a hunter but a small, soft, drifting cephalopod. It lives in the deep ocean where there is very little oxygen, eating marine snow. With big eyes & a strange appearance, it’s tiny but fascinating. #DeepSeaWonders

🎉 A historic win for our ocean! The #HighSeasTreaty just passed the 60 ratifications needed to enter into force! This landmark pact brings powerful new tools to protect the deep ocean and sets binding obligations for nations to uphold strong environmental standards: https://bit.ly/46LpKsy

The truth? We don’t need deep-sea mining. ✅ Smarter recycling ✅ Circular economy solutions ✅ Existing terrestrial sources DSM would destroy fragile ecosystems & deliver little in return. We need a moratorium to #DefendTheDeep Stay up to date: https://bit.ly/3K5Q1Jg #StopTheMachines

Every night, billions of tiny fish rise from the deep in Earth’s largest migration. A new @jexpbiol.bsky.social study confirms what scientists long suspected: mesopelagic fish help lock carbon in the deep sea for centuries. Small fish, big climate impact. 🔎 More: https://bit.ly/4goVkiW

Must-watch: The trillion-dollar race to mine the ocean floor exposes the political deals, corporate greed & environmental destruction at the heart of deep-sea mining. We need a #DeepSeaMining moratorium before it's too late. Watch now: https://bit.ly/461XAt9

Meet the newest (and cutest) addition to the snailfish family 🐟 MBARI collaborators @sunygeneseo.bsky.social have described three new deep-sea snailfishes, including one first discovered using MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts. Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbaris-...

Researchers exploring some of the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California have discovered three new species of deep-sea snailfish. 🌊 🦑 🧪 fox5sandiego.com/news/califor...

Just dropped: ABC News' "Race to the Bottom" - a #DeepDive into #DeepSeaMining that’s anything but soothing. The new pirates are going for the #DeepSea.🌊🤿 #DeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed

Our Executive Director, Sian Owen, explains how dragging nets across the seafloor wipes out habitats that took millennia to form. While there’s progress in some places, many countries still allow trawling on vulnerable seamounts, ignoring science & UN commitments. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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⚠️ Climate models predict rising temperatures, falling pH, and contrasting changes in oxygen and nutrients across two Pacific #seamount chains, the Nazca and Salas & Gómez ridges. These shifts could disrupt biodiversity hotspots and challenge conservation strategies. buff.ly/eDt30h3

“Our waters are not isolated. We live here.” Deep sea mining companies think it’s better to mine the “remote” Pacific seabed than mining on land. But American Samoans say NO to deep-sea mining. Read more from @grist.org : tinyurl.com/4snr2u6t #DefendTheDeep #ProtectOurOcean

Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution? "Collecting the materials needed for renewable technologies is causing enormous environmental damage and could soon extend to the deep sea and even asteroids." www.newscientist.com/article/2491...

Found from the surface to thousands of meters below, jellyfish are gelatinous drifters that thrive where few other animals can. In the deep sea, many glow with bioluminescence, hunt with stinging tentacles, and even carry carbon to the depths when they die and sink. #DeepSeaWonders #jellyfish

Marine biologist Ruth Leeney spotlights the amazing diversity of deep-sea sharks, from palm-sized to 3m giants, with bioluminescent camouflage. Yet they face huge threats from bottom trawling, risking population loss and ecosystem collapse. Read more via @theguardian.com

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If some Pacific leaders open the door fully to #DeepSeaMining, it risks undermining the region’s united front on environmental issues and threatens its credibility. The way this plays out will shape how the world hears the Pacific on climate and the oceans" theconversation.com/the-pacifics...

Hydrothermal vents - cracks in the seafloor where superheated water gushes out - were only discovered in 1977. Far from lifeless, they host unique ecosystems powered by chemosynthesis, not sunlight. A reminder of how much we still have to learn about the deep sea. #DeepSeaWonders #HydrothermalVents

With our friends at Deep Sea Conservation Coalition - Seamounts are underwater mountains teeming with life — from deep-sea corals to sharks, whales, and fish. They’re biodiversity hotspots, but destructive bottom trawling is tearing them apart. marine-conservation.org/californias-...

Deep-sea rocks packed with valuable metals may also be making oxygen in the deep, dark ocean—raising new questions about the cost of mining them.

Seamounts are vast underwater mountains, home to deep-sea corals, sharks, whales & fish. They’re biodiversity hotspots but destructive bottom trawling puts them at risk of irreversible damage. #ProtectSeamounts @wwf-australia.bsky.social @bluemarinef.bsky.social @savingoceans.bsky.social @nrdc.org

In the Pacific deep sea, the octopus 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢 guards her eggs for 53 months - that’s nearly 4.5 years, the longest brooding period of any animal. She never eats, never leaves, and sacrifices everything so her young can survive. #DeepSeaWonders

Discovered last year, the sea pig has become one of the DSCC's Deep Sea Guardians representing the deep sea at #ISA30. Can you spot it? 🐽

📢 Deep-sea news alert! Our latest round-up brings you discoveries, breakthroughs, and insights from international discussions.

The most frustrating narrative around deep-sea mining is the argument that it is "better" than terrestrial mining. There is no version of deep-sea mining that offsets terrestrial mining. The commercialization of deep-sea mining may accelerate terrestrial mining. It is an additive impact.

Guam residents join other territories in petition opposing deep seabed mining in American Samoa www.guampdn.com/news/guam-re...

Deep-sea mining is a false solution to our challenges (commentary) news.mongabay.com/2025/08/deep... 🧪🌎🦑

OPINION: Deep-sea mining ‘would be catastrophic’ www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/opini...

🤯 Scientists have discovered the deepest-known chemosynthetic communities. These ecosystems are powered not by sunlight, but by microbes that turn chemicals into energy and may even play a role in Earth’s long-term carbon cycle. Read more in @nature.com: buff.ly/0FVGSwT

The #BBNJ Agreement aims to protect biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction, but ocean health needs urgent action now. States must: • Protect seamounts & VMEs from bottom-impact fishing • Support a deep-sea mining moratorium at the ISA. #DefendTheDeep #ProtectSeamounts #StopTheMachines

Deep sea mining is in its infancy. More to come. Regulation under way but uncertainty big. Environmental impact to be balanced against potential human benefits. Not sure if the further would win out. Source: buff.ly/K86w6vU

🪨 Have you followed my reporting on America's push to license #deepseamining on the international seabed? 🤔 Do you have an opinion on this? 🗓️ NOAA will host a virtual hearing on Sept. 3 @ 3pm ET. ⌨️ Register to comment on NOAA's licensing revisions: events-na13.adobeconnect.com/content/conn...

The anglerfish is a deep-sea predator built for darkness. Its glowing lure attracts prey in a world where food is scarce 💡 A remarkable example of survival through stillness and light. #DeepSeaWonders 📷 @schmidtocean.bsky.social

When Chief Scientist Daniel Lauretta & #TaludContinental_IV team encountered a seafloor blooming w/these animals, he nicknamed it: beet field. While rich in color, they're not related to the ruby red root vegetable & likely a type of Anthomastus, a genus of soft corals in the family Alcyoniidae.

🚨 New article out in #Nature: The #InternationalSeabedAuthority is nowhere ready to monitor #DeepSeaMining. 🌊⚒️ The #ISA regulations are not even in beta testing mode. Meanwhile, industry is already at the starting line. 🕳️⚡ Yet, history tells us: Lets not make this up as we go. 📜🔍 #DefendTheDeep

Seabed Spotlight by is essential reading for anyone following deep-sea mining. Exploring the seabed? Here, have an exploitation permit too.

In 2004, 1,000+ scientists called on the UN to protect seamounts from destructive fishing. 20 years later, bottom trawling still threatens these unique deep-sea ecosystems. Scientists: add your name to the renewed call for action #ProtectSeamounts buff.ly/9GFjJp2 📷 @noaa.gov

ISA30 = No green light. No mining code. No consensus. Momentum is growing for a moratorium. The deep sea can still be protected, but only if we act now. Take action: DefendTheDeep.org #DefendTheDeep #StopTheMachines