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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 [...]