'Significant declines' in some species after deep-sea mining: research

Sydney (AFP) July 3, 2025

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and sharks, a major piece of industry-funded research found Thursday. The Metals Company - a leading deep-sea mining firm - paid Australia's government science agency to pore through data collected during test mining in the remote Pacific Ocean. Huge tracts of Pacific