New information regarding vulnerable habitats in the NEAFC Regulatory Area

ICES,

doi:10.17895/ices.pub.3060

vme.neafc.pdf (1.01 MB)

New information regarding vulnerable habitats in the NEAFC Regulatory Area

report

posted on 2017-06-20, 00:00 authored by ICESICES

ICES advises that the existing NEAFC closure in the Hatton–Rockall Basin be extended to encompass new records of VME habitat (deep-sea sponge aggregations).

History

Published under the auspices of the following ICES Steering Group or Committee

ACOM

Series

ICES Advice: Special requests

Requested by

NEAFC

Recommended citation

ICES. 2017. New information regarding vulnerable habitats in the NEAFC Regulatory Area. In Report of the ICES Advisory Committee, 2017. ICES Advice 2017, vme.neafc.pdf. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.3060