sbma reports & File notes

SBMA publish technical reports that provide detail and evidence-based insights into the Cook Islands seabed minerals sector.

List of reports:

• 2025 SEA - Cumulative Impact Assessment

• 2024 SEA - Effects Assessment

• 2024 Ecosystem Based Management Framework

• 2023 SEA - Marine Spatial Assessment V1.1

• 2023 Cook Islands Mineral Resource Estimate (JORC)

• 2023 Scale of harvesting against natural topography

• 2022 Geomorphology of the Cook Islands, tropical South Pacific Ocean

• 2022 Equal area projection for the entire Cook Islands EEZ