Need for Protection of Seamounts and Submarine Canyons

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Need for Protection of Seamounts and Submarine Canyons Looking for the improvement of the Mediterranean Sea sustainability Slide # 1

Seabottom relief Seamounts and Submarine Canyons Examples of features which require protection CBD criteria (2007) - UNEP/CBD/EWS.MPA/1/2 Slide # 2

The importance of Seamounts and Canyons High biodiversity Productive ecosystems Biological Ecological Economical Essential/Sensitive Habitats Enssamblages Fisheries / target commercial spp Special hydrodinamic Top predators Marine mammals Highly migratory spp stepping stones Slide # 3

Oceana expeditions Slide # 4

Mediterranean SEAMOUNTS Slide # 5

Balearic Seamounts Ausias March Ses Olives Emile Baudot Slide # 6

Balearic Seamounts Slide # 7

Chella Bank Slide # 8

Chella Bank Slide # 9

Seco de Palos Seamount Slide # 10

Seamount NW off Trapani Longnose spurdog (Squalus blainvillei) Slide # 11

Enareta Seamount Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) Slide # 12

Cabliers Bank Cold-water corals Lophelia and Madrepora Slide # 13

Mediterranean Submarine CANYONS Harris & Whiteway, 2011 Slide # 14

Mediterranean Submarine CANYONS Global distribution of large submarine canyons Marine Geology. Volume 285, Issues 1 4 Harris and Whiteway, 2011 Chapter 5.1. Mediterranean Submarine Canyons 2012: Pending Protection Gulf of Lyon submarine canyons Slide # 15

Cabrera Canyon Slide # 16

Minorca Canyon Slide # 17

Minorca Canyon Slide # 18

Columbretes Canyon Slide # 19

Clot de San Salvador Slide # 20

Gata Submarine Canyon Slide # 21

Guadalmina Submarine Canyon Facie with Ophiuroids Slide # 22

Existing reasons for protection CONSERVATION Species & Habitats under International Conventions or Lists CITES CMS IUCN Red List Barcelona Convention Habitats Directive Etc FISHERIES GFCM Priority species Merluccius merluccius Micromesistius poutassou Palinurus elephas Palinurus mauritanicus Eledone cirrosa Etc FRAs Slide # 23

Threats & Impacts Marine debris Abandoned gears Pollution Habitat destruction Bottom Trawling IUU Climate Change Etc Slide # 24

Threats & Impacts Cap de Creus canyon Cold-water coral communities Orejas et al, 2009 Density analysis - VMS signals Courtesy of Susana Requena (Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC) Slide # 25

MedNet Oceana s MPA network Slide # 26

MedNet proposal for a well-connected network Slide # 27

Mediterranean EBSAs RAC/SPA Project for supporting the establishment of SPAMIs in opens seas, including the deep seas Slide # 28

MedNet canyons & seamounts + EBSAs An opportunity Seamounts/Elevations Canyons Other MedNet features (escarpments, mud volcanoes, eddies, cold seeps, etc) Mediterranean EBSAs Slide # 29

The present and the future Weaknesses Complex jurisdictional situation - management Fisheries vs Conservation Scientific information Open sea underprotected Opportunities International treaties MoU UNEP-MAP & GFCM Precautionary Approach Scientific advances Slide # 30

The present and the future What we have Sufficient scientific knowledge and data Institutional and legal mechanisms Funding opportunities What we need The political WILL Actions Action Plan for Seamounts Action Plan for Submarine Canyons Proven cost-effectiveness and sectorial value Slide # 31

Now it s time to act PILAR MARIN pmarin@oceana.org MedNet Project Coordinator Slide # 32

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