The International Seabed Authority (ISA), based in Kingston, Jamaica, is the only global body responsible for regulating resource extraction in international waters. WATCH | Environmental alarm over deep sea mining: Scientists want a ban on deep-sea mining. Negotiations on a mining code that would allow commercial mining have been ongoing for years, but remain unresolved. Negotiations are underway at the International Seabed Authority this month in Jamaica. Impossible Metals, a deep-sea mining company with a research division based in Ontario, said it still sees the ISA as a viable pathway.

Source: CBC News March 21, 2026 21:31 UTC