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High seas bottom trawl fisheries and their impacts on the biodiversity of vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems: Options for international action
… comparable to the biodiversity associated with tropical rainforests and shallow-water coral reefs. Though … to the appropriate international bodies; Precautionary and ecosystem based management and governance • the adoption of … for high seas bottom trawl fisheries in keeping with ecosystem-based fisheries management and the precautionary …
Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas
… a system of such areas to ensure long-term protection of ecosystem processes, biological diversity and productivity … and horny (Gorgonian) corals can also be found. Unlike tropical corals, deep-sea corals thrive without sunlight by … diversity that some scientists suggest may rival even tropical rainforests in terms of total species numbers. …