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A study by Bryan O’Malley and several co-authors, which was discussed at an industry conference in November of 2023, demonstrated the level of environmental stress to foraminifera from harvesting operations in the CCZ during a harvesting program that ran in the fall of 2022. Link The study examined foraminifera (“forams”) because these small, single-celled creatures … Read more

TMC held an open webcast on 11/21/23 where lead environmental manager, Michael Clarke, discussed data gathered from last year’s harvesting program. The data showed that benthic plume dispersion was heavily influenced by a gravity current such that the plume doesn’t spread upward to any great extent, but instead spreads laterally. Because the plume doesn’t spread … Read more