Technical measures and environmental risk assessments for deep-sea sponge conservation

• Main Authors: Thompson, Tony, Fuller, Susanna D
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: environmental risk assessment; deep sea; conservation; Climate change; Environmental sustainability; Fisheries; Natural resources; Oceans & marine resources; Research; Sustainable development; European Union EU; Horizon 2020; Grant Agreement No 679849; Deep-sea Sponge grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation; SponGES; Canada; Norway; Bergstad; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3859805; https://zenodo.org/record/3859805

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Reducing the impacts of deep-sea bottom fishing in the high seas on non-target and associated and dependent species, including vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) is an important element of an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management. This approach is an evolution of fishe...