{"id":75776,"date":"2026-02-20T11:18:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=75776"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:49:19","slug":"trans-tasman-resources-rejects-the-fast-track-panels-findings-but-the-evidence-against-seabed-mining-is-crystal-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/trans-tasman-resources-rejects-the-fast-track-panels-findings-but-the-evidence-against-seabed-mining-is-crystal-clear\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans-Tasman Resources rejects the Fast Track panel&#8217;s findings &#8211; but the evidence against seabed mining is crystal clear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wannabe seabed mining company, Australian-owned Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR),\u00a0has withdrawn its Fast Track application to\u00a0extract 50 million tonnes of seabed every year for 20 years  off the Taranaki coast.\u00a0This comes after the Fast Track panel declined the companies application in a draft decision.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ttr-rejects-decision-despite-evidence-of-harm\">TTR rejects decision, despite evidence of harm<\/h2>\n\n<p>TTR says it rejected the &#8220;assumptions and conclusions\u201d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/massive-win-for-moana-as-taranaki-seabed-mining-application-rejected\/\">the Fast Track Expert Panel\u2019s draft decision<\/a>. But the panel criticised TTR&#8217;s evidence on the potential impacts of seabed mining as \u201cuncertain, incomplete or inadequate\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<p>The panel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/massive-win-for-moana-as-taranaki-seabed-mining-application-rejected\/\">declined consent<\/a>, finding it would harm threatened species like pygmy blue whales and penguins, and could not be safely managed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace and Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM), with a legal team and seven experts, made a strong submission to the panel showing the impact seabed mining would have.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-read-the-expert-evidence-here\">Read the expert evidence here <\/h2>\n\n<p>You can read the expert evidence here. They were submitted to the Fast Track Panel on 6 October 2025:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fasttrack.govt.nz\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0012\/13215\/KASM-and-Greenpeace-evidence-Leigh-Torres.pdf\">Marine mammals<\/a>  <\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr Leigh Torres, Associate Professor at Oregon State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fasttrack.govt.nz\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0020\/13349\/KASM-Evidence-John-Cockrem_Redacted.pdf\">Seabirds<\/a> <\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr John Cockrem, Ornithologist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fasttrack.govt.nz\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0010\/13213\/KASM-and-Greenpeace-evidence-Dr-TJ-Anderson.pdf\"><strong>Benthic ecology<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fasttrack.govt.nz\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0009\/13212\/KASM-and-Greenpeace-evidence-Dr-TJ-Anderson-Appendix-and-Figure.pdf\"><strong>Appendices<\/strong><\/a> \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr Tara Anderson, Marine Ecology Scientist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fasttrack.govt.nz\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0008\/13211\/KASM-and-Greenpeace-evidence-Dougal-Greer.pdf\"><strong>Sediment plume<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dougal Greer, Oceanographer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kasm.org.nz\/_files\/ugd\/d08ee4_1107f0b5cc8f45d6b942cb260e442f60.pdf\"><strong>Sediment &amp; Flocculation<\/strong><\/a> \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prof John Luick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kasm.org.nz\/_files\/ugd\/d08ee4_cdfb645cd9294d7fabec5e05149f409c.pdf\"><strong>Feasibility and Mining Operations<\/strong><\/a> \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jill Cooper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kasm.org.nz\/_files\/ugd\/d08ee4_3686f8d217234fa98b83d3dbea0526ae.pdf\"><strong>Economics <\/strong><\/a> \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prof Christopher Fleming &amp; Andrew Buckwell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>A reminder of what TTR wants to do. It had planned to extract 50 million tonnes of seabed every year for 20 years. After removing five million tonnes of iron ore annually, TTR planned to dump the remaining 45 million tonnes of sediment back into the ocean.<\/p>\n\n<p>Unlike the Fast Track panel, Trans-Tasman Resources is ignoring the weight of expert evidence presented to the panel by Greenpeace and our allies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-16190 \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/petition-ban-seabed-mining\/\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/04\/64cce2ab-whale-tail-tonga-bg-1024x677.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/04\/64cce2ab-whale-tail-tonga-bg-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/04\/64cce2ab-whale-tail-tonga-bg-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/04\/64cce2ab-whale-tail-tonga-bg-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/04\/64cce2ab-whale-tail-tonga-bg-510x337.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/04\/64cce2ab-whale-tail-tonga-bg.jpg 1200w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\" title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/petition-ban-seabed-mining\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPETITION: Ban seabed mining in Aotearoa\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">Seabed mining is a new threat to the oceans. 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