New information regarding the impact of fisheries on other components of the ecosystem (2019)

In  2019, ICES  received  405  new  records  of vulnerable marine ecosystems  (VME) indicators and/or VME habitats in EU waters.  These  are  located  in  the  Faroe–Shetland  Channel,  Rockall  Bank,  the  Rosemary  Bank  Seamount,  the  Wyville Thomson  Ridge,  the  Irish/Scottish  continental  shelf,  the  Spanish  continental  shelf  (Gulf  of  Cadiz),  and  the  Formigas Seamount (Azores).
The geographical positions of areas subject to various protection and fisheries management regimes are included in this advice. Any bottom fishing on VME habitats will cause damage to these habitats.