CSIRO is leading a research consortium developing an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment and Ecosystem Based Management Framework for Polymetallic Nodule Collection Activities. The research was commissioned by The Metals Company Australia Pty Ltd (TMC) and through agreement is made publicly available on this site and through scientific journal publications.

Using an ecosystem-based management (EBM) framework, the project has delivered a series of technical reports that reflects the steps undertaken in an EBM framework.

This research supports the ongoing work of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in the management of the Area and Marine Scientific Research conducted under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).