VentBase: Developing a consensus among stakeholders in the deep-sea regarding environmental impact assessment for deep-sea mining–A workshop report

Collins, Patrick C.; Kennedy, Bob; Copley, Jonathan T.; Boschen, Rachel; Fleming, Nicholas E.C.; Forde, James; Ju, Se‐Jong; Lindsay, Dhugal J.; Marsh, Leigh; Nye, Verity; Patterson, Adrian; Watanabe, Hiromi; Yamamoto, Hiroyuki; Carlsson, Jens; Thaler, Andrew David

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2013.03.002

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“…In addition, Papua New Guinea has issued a single mining license for the resource-rich Solwara I hydrothermal vent field (Hoagland et al, 2010). As scientists, managers, and conservationists rush to establish best management practices ahead of proposed mining projects (Collins et al, 2013; Van Dover, 2010, 2011), a major challenge lies in our relatively limited knowledge of hydrothermal vent communities and our understanding of how these communities might respond to catastrophic anthropogenic disturbance.…”

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262 Voyages Beneath the Sea: a global assessment of macro- and megafaunal biodiversity and research effort at deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Thaler

Amon

2019

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For over 40 years, hydrothermal vents and the communities that thrive on them have been a source of profound discovery for deep-sea ecologists. These ecosystems are found throughout the world on active plate margins as well as other geologically active features. In addition to their ecologic interest, hydrothermal vent fields are comprised of metallic ores, sparking a nascent industry that aims to mine these metal-rich deposits for their mineral wealth. Here, we provide the first systematic assessment of macrofaunal and megafaunal biodiversity at hydrothermal vents normalized against research effort. Cruise reports from scientific expeditions as well as other literature were used to characterize the extent of exploration, determine the relative biodiversity of different biogeographic provinces, identify knowledge gaps related to the distribution of research effort, and prioritize targets for additional sampling to establish biodiversity baselines ahead of potential commercial exploitation. The Northwest Pacific, Southwest Pacific, and Southern Ocean biogeographic provinces were identified as high biodiversity using rarefaction of family-level incidence data, whereas the North East Pacific Rise, Northern East Pacific, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and Indian Ocean provinces had medium biodiversity, and the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center was identified as a province of relatively low biodiversity. A North/South divide in the extent of biological research and the targets of hydrothermal vent mining prospects was also identified. Finally, we provide an estimate of sampling completeness for each province to inform scientific and stewardship priorities.

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262 Voyages Beneath the Sea: a global assessment of macro- and megafaunal biodiversity and research effort at deep-sea hydrothermal vents

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Amon

2019

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“…Taxa at vents, whether endemic or opportunists, are not likely to share life histories, responses to disturbance, environmental tolerances or recovery and resilience potential (Van Dover 2014). Consequently, establishing the life-history characteristics of taxa at vents, and assessing the population structure and connectivity of taxa spanning a range of life histories, has become a priority for ecological study (Collins et al 2013).…”

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Reproductive ecology of a hippolytid shrimp, Lebbeus virentova (Caridea: Hippolytidae) at the Von Damm Vent Field, Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre

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2014

Mar Biol

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“…Potential environmental issues caused by deep seabed mining activities are important reasons for restricting commercial development (Collins et al 2013;Jones et al 2020). ISA clearly stipulates that evaluations of environmental disturbance and environmental impact reports are necessary for deep seabed mining (Bräger et al 2020).…”

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Deep seabed mining: Frontiers in engineering geology and environment

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Int J Coal Sci Technol

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Ocean mining activities have been ongoing for nearly 70 years, making great contributions to industrialization. Given the increasing demand for energy, along with the restructuring of the energy supply catalyzed by efforts to achieve a low-carbon economy, deep seabed mining will play an important role in addressing energy- and resource-related problems in the future. However, deep seabed mining remains in the exploratory stage, with many challenges presented by the high-pressure, low-temperature, and complex geologic and hydrodynamic environments in deep-sea mining areas, which are inaccessible to human activities. Thus, considerable efforts are required to ensure sustainable, economic, reliable, and safe deep seabed mining. This study reviews the latest advances in marine engineering geology and the environment related to deep-sea mining activities, presents a bibliometric analysis of the development of ocean mineral resources since the 1950s, summarizes the development, theory, and issues related to techniques for the three stages of ocean mining (i.e., exploration, extraction, and closure), and discusses the engineering geology environment, geological disasters, in-situ monitoring techniques, environmental protection requirements, and environmental effects in detail. Finally, this paper gives some key conclusions and future perspectives to provide insights for subsequent studies and commercial mining operations.

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VentBase: Developing a consensus among stakeholders in the deep-sea regarding environmental impact assessment for deep-sea mining–A workshop report

Cited by 26 publications

References 23 publications

262 Voyages Beneath the Sea: a global assessment of macro- and megafaunal biodiversity and research effort at deep-sea hydrothermal vents

262 Voyages Beneath the Sea: a global assessment of macro- and megafaunal biodiversity and research effort at deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Reproductive ecology of a hippolytid shrimp, Lebbeus virentova (Caridea: Hippolytidae) at the Von Damm Vent Field, Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre

Deep seabed mining: Frontiers in engineering geology and environment

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