dc.contributor.author	Huvenne, V. A. I.
dc.contributor.author	Bett, B. J.
dc.contributor.author	Masson, D. G.
dc.contributor.author	Le Bas, T. P.
dc.contributor.author	Wheeler, Andrew J.
dc.contributor.funder	Natural Environment Research Council	en
dc.contributor.funder	European Research Council	en
dc.contributor.funder	Atlantic Frontier Environmental Network	en
dc.contributor.funder	Fifth Framework Programme	en
dc.contributor.funder	PEW Foundation	en
dc.contributor.funder	Joint Nature Conservation Committee	en
dc.date.accessioned	2019-10-26T07:20:55Z
dc.date.available	2019-10-26T07:20:55Z
dc.date.issued	2016-06-09
dc.description.abstract	Pressure on deep-sea ecosystems continues to increase as anthropogenic activities move into ever deeper waters. To mitigate impacts on vulnerable habitats, various conservation measures exist, such as the designation of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). So far, however, little evidence is available about their effectiveness. This paper presents a unique follow-up study assessing the status and recovery of a deep-sea fisheries closure and MPA at ~ 1000 m water depth in the NE Atlantic, eight years after designation. The Darwin Mounds cold-water coral ecosystem was discovered in 1998, and closed to all bottom contact fisheries, especially trawling, in 2003. Our repeat survey in 2011 used both high-resolution sidescan sonar data collected by Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and video footage from a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to evaluate recovery. The results demonstrate that (1) protection was successful and fishing impact was largely avoided in the Western Darwin Mounds, which contained similar proportions of live cold-water coral occurrence in 2011 as observed in 1998–2000; however (2) the Eastern Darwin Mounds suffered severe damage pre-closure, and by 2011 showed no coral recolonisation and very little regrowth. These results are further evidence for the low resilience and slow recovery potential of deep-sea ecosystems, and underline once again the importance of the precautionary principle in deep-sea conservation.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Fifth Framework Programme (EU FP5 project ACES (Atlantic Coral Ecosystem Study, Contract no. EVK3-CT-1999-00008))	en
dc.description.status	Peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Published Version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	Huvenne, V. A. I., Bett, B. J., Masson, D. G., Le Bas, T. P. and Wheeler, A. J. (2016), 'Effectiveness of a deep-sea cold-water coral Marine Protected Area, following eight years of fisheries closure', Biological Conservation, 200, pp. 60-69. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.030	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.030	en
dc.identifier.endpage	69	en
dc.identifier.issn	0006-3207
dc.identifier.journaltitle	Biological Conservation	en
dc.identifier.startpage	60	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/8882
dc.identifier.volume	200	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en
dc.relation.project	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7::SP2::ERC/258482/EU/COmplex Deep-sea Environments: Mapping habitat heterogeneity As Proxy for biodiversity/CODEMAP	en
dc.relation.uri	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320716302117?via%3Dihub
dc.rights	©016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	en
dc.subject	Cold-water coral ecosystem resilience	en
dc.subject	Bottom trawling	en
dc.subject	Marine conservation	en
dc.subject	Precautionary principle	en
dc.subject	Monitoring of deep-sea MPAs	en
dc.title	Effectiveness of a deep-sea cold-water coral marine protected area, following eight years of fisheries closure	en
dc.type	Article (peer-reviewed)	en

Effectiveness of a deep-sea cold-water coral marine protected area, following eight years of fisheries closure

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