Ecosystem-Based Management of Seamounts in the NPFC Convention Area: Recommendations from the Seamount Science Summit – Ecological Insights Workshop

The Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) is a global network of experts which integrates science, technology, policy, law and economics to advise on ecosystem-based management of resource use in the deep ocean, and on strategies to maintain the integrity of deep-ocean ecosystems within and beyond national jurisdiction. In October 2024, DOSI – with support from the United Nation’s Ocean Decade program Challenger 150 – convened international experts to participate in the Seamount Science Summit - Ecological Insights Workshop, the first major gathering focused on seamount ecology and conservation worldwide in over a decade.
To assist the Scientific Committee (SC) in implementing its program of work regarding bottom fisheries and vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs), DOSI has prepared a summary report of the workshop, attached, relevant to the work of the NPFC with suggestions and recommendations.