Definition and detection of vulnerable marine ecosystems on the high seas: problems with the "move-on" rule

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Auster, P. J., Gjerde, K., Heupel, E., Watling, L., Grehan, A., Rogers, A. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2010
• Subjects: coral; deep-sea; fishing; impact; management; coral lophelia-pertusa; deep-water corals; western north-atlantic; rockall trough; ne atlantic; fishing impacts; habitat; ocean; octocorallia; seamounts; Rockall Trough; Lophelia pertusa; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/10308; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsq074

Fishing in the deep sea in areas beyond national jurisdiction has produced multiple problems related to management for conservation and sustainable use. Based on a growing concern, the United Nations has called on States to prevent significant adverse impacts to vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) i...