Anna MacArthur
7:40 - 9:10
“I'm here on behalf of Koyuk seeking your support as the Nome City Council to also passed a resolution calling for a moratorium on seabed mining in federal waters”
- Speaker
- Anna MacArthur
- Timestamp
- 7:40 – 9:10
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 26, 2026
From the transcript
Okay. So yes, I shared with you that op-ed article. And so I'm here on behalf of Koyuk seeking your support as the Nome City Council to also passed a resolution calling for a moratorium on seabed mining in federal waters and AFN just occurred this So in January of this year, BOEM, the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management, which has since been renamed to the Marine Minerals Administration, released a request for information asking— soliciting information from the public asking, hey, we would probably be interested in these areas on the map. As you can see, in the High Arctic, Norton Sound, Bering Strait, the Aleutian Arch, Gulf of Alaska that they are interested in seabed mining in these areas and what do you as the public think and seabed mining means mining for minerals other than oil, gas, and sulfur. These are all areas in federal waters meaning they're beyond the 3-mile limit of state waters.
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