Deep Ocean Mission

🔹 About

1. It focuses on deep-sea mining, ocean climate change advisory services, underwater vehicles and underwater robotics related technologies.

2. Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)

3. It is a mission mode project to support the Blue Economy Initiatives.

4. Blue Economy is the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, and ocean ecosystem health.

🔹 Components

1. Development of Technologies for Deep Sea Mining, and Manned Submersible

2. Development of Ocean Climate Change Advisory Services

3. Technological innovations for exploration and conservation of deep-sea biodiversity

4. Deep Ocean Survey and Exploration

5. Energy and freshwater from the Ocean

6. Advanced Marine Station for Ocean Biology

🔹 International Seabed Authority

1. An intergovernmental body that organizes, regulates and control all mineral (non-living resources) related activities in the international seabed area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. It is established by the Law of the Sea Convention

2. HQ : Jamaica

3. Established in 1994

4. It functions under the aegis of the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

🔹 Other Blue Economy Initiatives

1. India-Norway Task Force on Blue Economy for Sustainable Development

2. Sagarmala Project

3. O-SMART

4. Integrated Coastal Zone Management

5. National Fisheries Policy