Sedlo Seamount
From 2002 to 2005, Sedlo Seamount was the target of a focused multidisciplinary study by the EU (titled OASIS), much of the research of which was published in 2009.
Complex hydrographical patterns with anticyclones and Taylor columns cause water flow around the summit. Water eddies tend to disrupt this flow. A bottom trawling experiment conducted during research brought up large orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) aggregations, as well as bycatch of benthic fauna including sponges, gorgonians, and scleractinian corals.
European Commission has enacted rules that protect Sedlo from bottom trawling, gillnets, and trammel nets. In 2007, Portugal proposed for Sedlo's inclusion in the OSPAR series of Marine Protected Areas. The motion was accepted in 2008, and a management plan for the MPA was being drafted. The MPA protects an area 62 by 65 km (39 by 40 mi).
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References
- ^ Ricardo S. Santos; Fernando Tempera; Gui Menezes; Filipe Porteiro & Telmo Morato. "Spotlight 12: Sedlo Seamount" (PDF). Oceanography. Seamounts Special Issue. 23 (1). Oceanography Society. Retrieved 28 July 2010.