Update on progress with the geological model for the Clarion Clipperton Zone and on the Kaplan project on the study of the biodiversity in the Clarion Clipperton Zone.

E. Resource assessment and geologic model for the Clarion Clipperton fracture zone

Clarion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

The application pertains to the Clipperton Clarion Fracture Zone of the north east Pacific Ocean.

The outputs will include a database of some of the important species found in the CCZ and their genetic sequences.

(c) Ongoing assessment of available data relating to prospecting and exploration for polymetallic nodules in the CCZ

During the meeting, the Secretary General stressed the importance of this project as a means of facilitating better knowledge of polymetallic nodule resources in the CCZ.

The guide will also provide data and information on all known nodule deposits in the CCZ with a focus on the high resolution characterization of specific deposit sites.

During the first half of 2005, the Secretariat has continued with its efforts to develop a geological model of the polymetallic nodule deposits of the CCZ.

(e) Establishment of a geological model of polymetallic nodule deposits in the Clarion Clipperton fracture zone of the equatorial north Pacific Ocean proceedings of the workshop of the International Seabed Authority, 13 to 20 May 2003, Nadi, Fiji.

During the cruise, it examined a 100 square kilometres centred at 14º North and 119º West in the eastern part of the CCZ.

For example, the DNA techniques being utilized in the Kaplan project to assess the distribution of organisms in the Clarion Clipperton Zone, with which the Authority is associated as a sponsor, could be readily used for research in the distribution of the biodiversity in exclusive economic zones.

Following the Secretary General's report to the tenth session of the Assembly on the work of the Authority, a number of positive developments have taken place with regard to the project to establish a geological model and prospectors guide of polymetallic nodule deposits in the Clarion Clipperton fracture zone (CCZ) in the Pacific Ocean.