SIOFA Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem Mapping

The general objective is to map biogeographical regions of vulnerable marine ecosystems in
the agreement area. The objective would be reached following well defined steps: compile,
clean and verify occurrence and environmental data, evaluate the quality of occurrence data
and determine an optimal resolution for analyses, develop and compare multiple
bioregionalisation schemes, project future trends according to different climate change
scenarios and synthesis.
The main output is to be able to implement specific conservation measures in regards of the
fishing activity to prevent the negative impact on those vulnerable marine ecosystems.