Detecting Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean using research trawls and underwater imagery

• Main Authors: Jones, Christopher D., Lockhart, Susanne J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Orkney Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Glass sponges
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308-597X(11)00028-5

To ensure that destructive bottom fishing activities do not have significant adverse impacts on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) in high seas areas of the World Ocean, as required by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 61-105, knowledge of the locations of VMEs is required. Quantifying the...