Seamounts Project An Ecosystem Approach to Management of Seamounts in the Southern Indian Ocean
The combination of the lack of understanding of important oceanic features such as seamounts and their interactions with commercial fish species and the existing gap in the high seas marine biodiversity governance and regulatory system poses major threats to marine species and their habitat. The cruise was aimed at understanding the pelagic ecosystems around the seamount of the South West Indian Ridge, to look for evidence of upwelling or trophic focusing on the seamounts, to record aquatic predators in the area and to map the seamounts of interest.
Seamounts Project An Ecosystem Approach to Management of Seamounts in the Southern Indian Ocean.pdf
