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19 August 2021 | dataset

Supporting a moratorium on high seas bottom trawl fishing

A great deal of deep-sea biodiversity is concentrated around features known as seamounts. Seamounts are like underwater islands - mountains that rise 1,000 meters or higher from the seabed but do not break the ocean surface. Although they have not been comprehensively mapped, it is estimated that there may be more than 100,000 seamounts worldwide. Almost half of these are believed to lie in the Pacific Ocean. To date, less than one percent of known seamounts have been comprehensively studied. The largest mountain range on planet Earth is beneath the ocean the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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Publisher Greenpeace
Modified 27 August 2021
Release Date 19 August 2021
Source URL https://library.sprep.org/content/supporting-moratorium-high-seas-bottom-trawl-…
Identifier VL-34711
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location SPREP LIBRARY
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License Public
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Author Greenpeace
Contact Name SPREP Records and Archives Officer
Contact Email [email protected]