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Seafood industry calls for a moratorium on deep-sea mining

Mining the ocean floor could ruin fisheries, including the US$40 billion tuna trade, say seafood industry groups. Rules for how the seabed is mined for transition minerals such as nickel and cobalt are being negotiated this week.

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Mining the ocean floor could ruin fisheries, including the US$40 billion tuna trade, say seafood industry groups. Rules for how the seabed is mined for transition minerals such as nickel and cobalt are being negotiated this week.