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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

VentBase: Developing a consensus among stakeholders in the deep-sea regarding environmental impact assessment for deep-sea mining – A workshop report
VentBase: Developing a consensus among stakeholders in the deep-sea regarding environmental impact assessment for deep-sea mining – A workshop report
Mining seafloor massive sulfides for metals is an emergent industry faced with environmental management challenges. These revolve largely around limits to our current understanding of biological variability in marine systems, a challenge common to all marine environmental management. VentBase was established as a forum where academic, commercial, governmental, and non-governmental stakeholders can develop a consensus regarding the management of exploitative activities in the deep-sea. Participants advocate a precautionary approach with the incorporation of lessons learned from coastal studies. This workshop report from VentBase encourages the standardization of sampling methodologies for deep-sea environmental impact assessment. VentBase stresses the need for the collation of spatial data and importance of datasets amenable to robust statistical analyses. VentBase supports the identification of set-asides to prevent the local extirpation of vent-endemic communities and for the post-extraction recolonization of mine sites.

Hydrothermal vent, Deep-sea mining, Seafloor massive sulfide, Environmental impact assessment, Baseline study
334-336
Collins, P.C.
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Kennedy, B.
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Copley, J.
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Fleming, N.
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Ju, S.-J.
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Marsh, Leigh
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Nye, Verity
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Patterson, A.
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Watanabe, H.
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Yamamoto, H.
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Carlsson, J.
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Thaler, A.D.
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Collins, P.C.
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Copley, J.
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Boschen, R.
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Fleming, N.
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Forde, J.
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Ju, S.-J.
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Marsh, Leigh
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Nye, Verity
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Patterson, A.
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Watanabe, H.
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Yamamoto, H.
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Carlsson, J.
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Collins, P.C., Kennedy, B., Copley, J., Boschen, R., Fleming, N., Forde, J., Ju, S.-J., Lindsay, D., Marsh, Leigh, Nye, Verity, Patterson, A., Watanabe, H., Yamamoto, H., Carlsson, J. and Thaler, A.D. (2013) VentBase: Developing a consensus among stakeholders in the deep-sea regarding environmental impact assessment for deep-sea mining – A workshop report. Marine Policy, 42, 334-336. (doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2013.03.002).

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Abstract

Mining seafloor massive sulfides for metals is an emergent industry faced with environmental management challenges. These revolve largely around limits to our current understanding of biological variability in marine systems, a challenge common to all marine environmental management. VentBase was established as a forum where academic, commercial, governmental, and non-governmental stakeholders can develop a consensus regarding the management of exploitative activities in the deep-sea. Participants advocate a precautionary approach with the incorporation of lessons learned from coastal studies. This workshop report from VentBase encourages the standardization of sampling methodologies for deep-sea environmental impact assessment. VentBase stresses the need for the collation of spatial data and importance of datasets amenable to robust statistical analyses. VentBase supports the identification of set-asides to prevent the local extirpation of vent-endemic communities and for the post-extraction recolonization of mine sites.

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Accepted/In Press date: 15 April 2013
Published date: November 2013
Keywords: Hydrothermal vent, Deep-sea mining, Seafloor massive sulfide, Environmental impact assessment, Baseline study
Organisations: Ocean Biochemistry & Ecosystems

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Local EPrints ID: 351247
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/351247
PURE UUID: bcc746fa-3088-49bb-9c0d-486ed773f2d7
ORCID for J. Copley: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3333-4325

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Date deposited: 17 Apr 2013 09:49
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:48

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Author: P.C. Collins
Author: B. Kennedy
Author: J. Copley ORCID iD
Author: R. Boschen
Author: N. Fleming
Author: J. Forde
Author: S.-J. Ju
Author: D. Lindsay
Author: Leigh Marsh
Author: Verity Nye
Author: A. Patterson
Author: H. Watanabe
Author: H. Yamamoto
Author: J. Carlsson
Author: A.D. Thaler

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