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Conference: ICES Deep-sea Symposium

  • Posted by Andy
  • May 21, 2009

I recently participated in the ICES Deep-sea Symposium on the island of Faial in the Azores. This 4 day meeting ran from 27-30 April and included delegates from all over the world, presenting on subjects from mining to ecology of many deep-sea habitats.
The conference was headed: “Issues confronting the deep oceans: the economic, scientific and [...]

Preserving deep-sea natural heritage: Emerging issues in offshore conservation and management

  • Posted by Andy
  • April 6, 2008

Andrew J. Davies, J. Murray Roberts, Jason Hall-Spencer

Published in Biological Conservation (2007)

Human activity in the deep sea is extending ever deeper, with recent research showing that this environment is more sensitive to human and natural impacts than previously thought. Some deep-water fish stocks have collapsed and fishing methods such as bottom trawling have raised international [...]