ISA is an autonomous international organisation that administers mineral resources in the Area.

The Authority's Seventeenth Session will be held from 26 April - 6 May 2011. The Legal & Technical Commission will hold their meeting the week prior to that of the Session.
Rules, regulations and procedures issued by the Authority to regulate prospecting, exploration and exploitation of marine minerals in the international seabed Area.
The CDR holds centralized data of public and private information on marine mineral resources.
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Areas of exploration in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and in the Indian Ocean. [GIS Resource Maps]