Vulnerable marine ecosystems

The VME Database is a global inventory of fisheries measures adopted in areas beyond national jurisdiction to prevent significant adverse impacts of bottom ...

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in EU waters - ICES

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) are areas of the ocean floor where habitat-forming animals such as deep-sea sponges, stony corals, sea pens, sea fans, lace ...

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems Database

Map application to display areas of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems.

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems, Communities, and Indicator Species

We conclude that the term “ecosystem” in the VME concept outlined by the United Nations needs to be re-evaluated from a classical ecological perspective.

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems | NOAA Fisheries

Assessing the Vulnerability of Marine Life to Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region. The Pacific Islands Vulnerability Assessment (PIVA) project assessed ...

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems - ICES

The ICES VME Database differs from the FAO VME database. The ICES VME Database contains observations of VME indicators and habitats throughout the North ...

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) Closures

NAFO has identified 27 areas as being vulnerable to bottom contact gears and subsequently closed these areas to bottom fishing.

Advice on areas where Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) are ...

ICES uses five scenarios to advise on areas (polygons) where Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) are known to occur or are likely to occur and ...

Seamounts ARE Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems

Seamounts are very special places that often host VME indicator species. They are true mountains under the sea, defined as being at least 1000 m ...

Definition and detection of vulnerable marine ecosystems on the ...

A vulnerable marine ecosystem is based on a conceptual foun- dation described in the guidelines (FAO, 2009) as follows: Vulnerability is related to the ...

Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs)

This report evaluates the risk of vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters to bottom trawling. It is based on an exhaustive ...

Dive deep - Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems - YouTube

What are vulnerable marine ecosystems? These are communities linked to the seafloor that are vulnerable to disturbance.

Vulnerable, but Still Poorly Known, Marine Ecosystems - Frontiers

This work critically reviews VME distribution modelling studies, and recommends promising avenues to make VME models more relevant and impactful.

ICES Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems - ICES library - Figshare

ICES Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems ... This document focuses on the flow of data into the Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) database and data ...

Towards a scientific community consensus on designating ... - PeerJ

A scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery. Amy R. Baco 1 , Rebecca Ross 2 , Franziska Althaus 3 , Diva Amon 4,5

Have your say: how can we better protect vulnerable marine ...

VMEs are fragile and sensitive areas, home to a wide variety of marine life, including many slow-growing and long-lived species in deep waters.

Connectivity modelling of areas closed to protect vulnerable marine ...

In response to United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions calling for the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs), over the course of the past ...

an image-based vulnerability index for the Southern Ocean seafloor ...

Minimizing adverse impact to these so-called vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) is a conservation priority that is often managed by relying on ...

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems - OBIS

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems - Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) - The Nordic Co-operation

In NovasArc I spatial distribution of VMEs within the sub-arctic waters were predicted. NovasArc II updated the predictions with new ...