Source: The Irish Times
Author: Lorna Siggins
A deep sea mountain landscape marked by “catastrophic” rock avalanches and giant boulder fields has been mapped by an international team of scientists on the State’s research ship RV Celtic Explorer.
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Due to the sheer complexity of managing deep-sea fisheries NEAFC’s five members – the European Union, Norway, Iceland, Russia and Denmark (on behalf of the Faroes Islands and Greenland) – could not complete the review this week but agreed to schedule further work on this issue in early 2013.
Continue reading Key Atlantic Fisheries Body Falls Short in Protecting the Deep Sea
THE Irish-led VENTuRE scientific expedition aboard the national research vessel RV Celtic Explorer has discovered a previously uncharted field of hydrothermal vents along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge – the first to be explored north of the Azores.
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The Annual Meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) took place 10-14 November 2010. Three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) attended as observers – the Pew Environment Group, Seas at Risk and WWF, together with the DSCC. In relation to the implementation of the UN General Assembly resolutions on deep-sea fisheries, in their opening statements the NGOs called on NEAFC Parties to agree to:
– London.
The annual meeting of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) in London 10-14 November failed to take necessary steps to protect deep-sea ecosystems on the high seas and missed the deadline for protection measures set by the UN General Assembly.
Continue reading Agreement on deep-sea protection in North East Atlantic: too little too late
