Giant Light-Up Octopus Takes Over Ottawa as Protesters Call for a Deep-Sea Mining Ban

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00:00The future of deep-sea mining is soon to be determined.

00:04The International Seabed Authority, who regulates seabed activities,

00:08is set to meet in July to determine whether the deep-sea mining industry will launch.

00:13In Ottawa, Greenpeace activists and staff created a 48-by-30-foot octopus light installation

00:19to urge Minister Melanie Jolie to say no to deep-sea mining in international waters.

00:25Greenpeace created a representation of a ghost octopus,

00:29a species that lives in the deep sea and lays its eggs on mineral deposits on the seabed.

00:35According to the press release, the ghost octopus is one of the many species at risk from deep-sea mining.

00:42Other Greenpeace activists around the world have joined protests against deep-sea mining.

00:47The Guardian reported that over 5,000 undiscovered species living on the seabed

00:52in an untouched area of the Pacific Ocean,

00:54identified as a future hotspot for deep-sea mining,

00:58will face irreparable harm.

01:00Fourteen states have taken positions against deep-sea mining in international waters.

01:05The next round of talks will take place July 10th to the 28th in Jamaica

01:09at the International Seabed Authority.