Identification of a Soft Coral Garden Candidate Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem (VME) Using Video Imagery, Davis Strait, West Greenland

• Main Authors: Long, S, Sparrow-Scinocca, B, Blicher, ME, Hammeken Arboe, N, Fuhrmann, M, Kemp, KM, Nygaard, R, Zinglersen, K, Yesson, C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: deep-sea; coral garden; spatial management; fishery management; towed video sled; cauliflower corals; benthic habitats; Greenland; Toqqusaq; Davis Strait; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10105661/1/Long%20et%20al%20%282020%29%20Soft%20coral%20garden%20VME%20Greenland.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10105661/

The term vulnerable marine ecosystem (VME) was introduced to facilitate the spatial management of deep-seas, identifying those habitats vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbance, such as trawling. Consistent interpretation of the VME definition has been hampered by an underlying paucity of knowledge a...