Tender reference number
102-10127404
Description
In July 2006, the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) signed a contract for the exploration of manganese nodules in the northeastern Pacific with the International Seabed Authority (IMB) and has since carried out resource assessments as well as baseline and impact environmental studies in its licensed area in the Clarion Clipperton Breaking Zone (CCZ). As part of an upcoming exploration trip to the eastern part of the BGR license area on the German deep-sea research vessel SONNE (SO317, expected from 29.12.2025 to 18.02.2026), the BGR intends to charter a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) for the entire duration of the trip. The expedition will be conducted under the MANGAN 2026 password and has three main objectives: - extensive environmental monitoring of an area where manganese nodules were mined during a test of the Patania II collector prototype of the Belgian company Global Sea Resources (GSR) in May 2021. The test area of Patania II and the control reference area are to be revisited and sampled and examined in detail approximately five years after the disturbance; - comprehensive biogeochemical assessment of trace elements, macronutrients and oxygen and carbon concentrations throughout the water column and at the sediment-water interface; - Sampling and fauna analyses in geographically far (20-100 km) apart working areas. The main purpose of the ROV is to: (1) video-guided megafauna mapping and sampling, (2) targeted sampling of soil sediments (push-coring), (3) positioning, activation and recovery of oxygen meters (microprofilers) and benthic chambers on the seabed, and (4) in situ ecotoxicity experiments. The operating areas cover water depths between 4000 and a maximum of 4500 meters. The collected samples and data as well as the imagery along predefined seabed transects will provide insights into the environmental impact of Patania II as well as the natural spatial variability of various environmental parameters in the lower water column and on the seabed. The planned environmental monitoring and baseline studies on the marine environment and biodiversity will be carried out in approximately 38 working days in the collector test area, in the unaffected control reference area and in six selected work areas spread across the entire eastern exploration area.
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