KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 31 August 2012 – – The International Seabed Authority has received two new applications  for seabed exploration licences. The two new applications have been filed in respect of areas located in the West Pacific Ocean and are for exploration for cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts. The application for approval of a plan of work for exploration… Continue reading International Seabed Authority Receives Two New Applications For Seabed Exploration

Ambassador Otunba Olatokunboh Kamson presented his credentials as the new Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the International Seabed Authority on 8 August 2012. Ambassador Kamson has enjoyed a distringuished career in the public and private sectors in Lagos and arrived in Jamaica early July to take up his responsibilities as the… Continue reading Ambassador Of Nigeria Presents Credentials To The Secretary-General

ISA/INDEEP recently announced five winners of the Endowment Fund Travel Bursary Award to attend the 13th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium in Wellington, New Zealand from 3-7 December 2012. They are Girish Beedessee of Mauritius; Angelo Fraga Bernardino of Brazil; Bronwen Currie of Namibia; Antonina Rogacheva of Russia and Ravail Singh of India.   The applications were administered… Continue reading ISA/INDEEP Announce Endowment Fund Travel Bursary Winners