![]() ![]() targeting seamounts and upwelling zones) over-exploitation of oceanic marine life and their prey species fisheries interactions (e.g. Throughout the waters of the Coral Triangle, here are many current and emerging threats to deep-water habitats and species including: increasing fishing pressure (i.e. There is now a pressing need for improved management and conservation of these sensitive marine habitats and important marine species – often endangered and/or protected – in these waters. whale sharks and mantas), sunfishes, billfish and tuna diverse yet vulnerable benthic communities associated with corridors, seamounts and/or other deep-sea features. Oceanic cetaceans (migratory and residential species, including blue, sperm, beaked and Brydes whales and oceanic dolphin) marine turtles oceanic sharks and rays (e.g. Large-scale current systems and drop-offs near oceanic islands.Īnd equally important, the actual habitat use by large marine life:.seasonal upwelling zones and oceanic fronts) L Canyons, trenches and sills seamounts, vents and pinnacles.In these countries we focus on specific oceanic habitats: Our main areas of interest are in Indonesia, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. This spectacular behaviour creates both opportunities and challenges for marine science, conservation as well as marine adventure tourism. This amazing proximity of “near-shore yet deep-sea habitats” also means that large migratory marine life and deep-diving species venture close to the island’s coastlines, and into narrow passages and secluded bays – including blue and sperm whales. Near-shore waters can plunge from the tropical beaches to over 4000m in depth along spectacular “drop-offs” into the abyss or towards nearby seamounts. ![]() Within the Coral Triangle, these habitats are routinely located close to shore due to the lack of a continental shelf and extreme depth gradients. Indonesia, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.ĭeep-sea and oceanic species and habitats are important to marine conservation, yet often overlooked. Planet Deep focuses on oceanic whales and dolphins, and their deep-sea habitats, in the remote regions of the Coral Triangle – the “bull’s eye” of global marine biodiversity: The ocean is within all of us and is an essential part of our very existence.
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