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Deep ocean exploration

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Deep Sea Mining

There are 17 active exploration licenses in the clarian clipperton zone between mexico and hawaii. The deep sea is a really integral part of that nutrient cycling, which then supports our fisheries. And there's other things, like the potential for er biomedical discoveries in deep sea animals. We're tarting to hear about companies that want to actually be more active thin that, to scrape off parts of the sea floor, bring them back p to the surface for us to use.

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