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Preserve Our Marine Sanctuary

  1. Protect Our Coasts From Offshore Oil Drilling
  2. Protect the Davidson Seamount from Deep Sea Mining – see details below
  3. Another Petition – from Earth Justice

Join Surfrider in Our Effort to Stop Congress From Selling Off More of Our Ocean for New Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling 

The Trump administration is currently revising the 5-year offshore drilling plan to bring oil rigs to a coastline near you, ignoring overwhelming public opposition. The Department of Interior will soon release its offshore drilling proposal which is expected to target all major U.S. coasts. 

Our Federal leaders must stop new offshore drilling in U.S. waters — please tell Congress to protect our coasts!

Congressional leaders have introduced legislation to permanently ban new offshore oil and gas drilling off the East Coast, West Coast, Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Arctic Ocean. Passing these bills is critical to protecting our marine ecosystems, wildlife, and coastal recreation and tourism across the U.S. petition here .

2. Protect the Davidson Seamount from Deep Sea Mining

This underwater extinct volcano is home to many wonderful special creatures including the dumbo octopus and bubblegum coral. Deep sea mining would threaten these are many other creatures.

It would also threaten the recently discovered octopus garden where hundreds of female octopi nurture their eggs in warmer water from volcanic vents.

Deep-sea mining risks disrupting the marine food web, study warns

      By  ALEXA ST. JOHN       Updated 2:10 AM PST, November 6, 2025

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our plates, according to a new study.

Deep-sea mining means drilling the seafloor for “polymetallic nodules” loaded with critical minerals including copper, iron, zinc and more. While not yet commercialized, nations are pursuing deep-sea operations amid rising demand for these minerals in electric vehicles and other parts of the energy transition, as well as for technology and military use.The researchers examined water and waste gathered from a deep-sea mining trial in 2022.