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.
News and events
InterRidge Announces 2010 Student and Postdoctoral Fellowships
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 15 June 2010 - - InterRidge announced the recipients of its 2010 Fellowship Programme today.» read more
The Mining Code
Rules, regulations and procedures issued by the Authority to regulate prospecting, exploration and exploitation of marine minerals in the international seabed Area.
Marine scientific research
Central Data Repository
The CDR holds centralized data of public and private information on marine mineral resources.
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Exploration Areas
Areas of exploration in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and in the Indian Ocean. [GIS Resource Maps]
Links
Download Documents
- ISA Newsletter Issue 6: June 2010
16th Session (2010) Official Documents - Technical Study No: 6. A Geological Model of Polymetallic Nodule Deposits in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone
- Technical Study No: 5. Non-Living Resources of the Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Speculations on the Implementation of Article 82 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- Selected Decisions and Documents of the 15th Session
- Subscribe to the ISA Mailing List
Useful Links
- ISA Endowment Fund: Opportunities 2010
- ISA Central Data Repository
- GIS Interactive Resource Maps
- International Marine Minerals Society
- Nautilus Minerals
- United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
- International Congress on Deep-Water Circulation: Processes & Products , 16-18 June 2010, Baiona, Pontevedra, NW Spain