FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Seamounts, plateaus and governance issues in the southwest Indian Ocean, with emphasis on fisheries management and marine conservation, using the Walters Shoal as a case study for implementing a protection framework BT AF Marsac, Francis Galletti, Florence Ternon, Jean-Francois Romanov, Evgeny V. Demarcq, Herve Corbari, Laure Bouchet, Philippe Roest, Walter Jorry, Stephan Olu, Karine Loncke, Lies Roberts, Michael J. Ménard, Frédéric AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:2;5:1;6:3;7:3;8:4;9:4;10:5;11:6;12:7,9;13:8; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:PDG-REM-GM-LAD;9:PDG-REM-GM-LGS;10:PDG-REM-EEP-LEP;11:;12:;13:; C1 MARBEC, IRD, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, Sète, France CAP RUN – CITEB, Le Port, Île de la Réunion, France Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Systématique Évolution Biodiversité (ISYEB, UMR 7205), MNHN, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, 57 Rue Cuvier, CP 51, 75005, Paris, France Ifremer, Unité Géosciences Marines, CS 10070, 29280, Plouzané, France Ifremer, Unité Etude des Ecosystèmes Profonds, CS10070, 29280, Plouzané, France Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditerranéens, UMR 5110 UPVD CNRS, Perpignan, France Ocean Science Campus Nelson Mandela University, Port-Elizabeth, South Africa Aix-Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, United Kingdom C2 IRD, FRANCE CAP RUN, FRANCE MNHN, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE CEFREM, FRANCE UNIV NELSON MANDELA, SOUTH AFRICA UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE NOC, UK SI BREST SE PDG-REM-GM-LAD PDG-REM-GM-LGS PDG-REM-EEP-LEP UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UPR WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-p187 copubli-europe copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 2.732 TC 7 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00598/71049/69362.pdf LA English DT Article CR MD 208 / WALTERS SHOAL BO Marion Dufresne DE ;International Law of the Sea;Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems;Deep-sea fisheries;Deep-sea mining;Benthic biodiversity;Saya de Malha Bank;South Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement;Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction;Amended Nairobi Convention;Marine protected areas AB There is a growing interest in the management of seamounts of the South Western Indian Ocean (SWIO) both in waters under national jurisdictions and in the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ). On the one hand, new scientific knowledge has been gathered through various oceanographic cruises during the past decade and, on the other hand, new agreements are under consideration globally to promote conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity in the ABNJ, where the deep sea ecosystems associated to seamounts are a growing matter of concern. SWIO seamounts have attracted interests from fishing operators since the 1960s, while mining exploration contracts have been recently granted. Seamounts are known to shelter rich, fragile and poorly resilient ecosystems whose important ecological functions that are threatened by various anthropogenic pressures. While many seamounts and shoals are located in national waters, many others fall in the ABNJ with no current legal status per se. To ensure conservation of their habitats and biodiversity, it is essential that protection measures are instigated under an internationally-recognized legal and institution framework. In this paper, we review the current state of such a framework relevant to seamounts, with emphasis on fisheries and conservation in the SWIO. We select an emblematic seamount, the Walters Shoal, as a case study to discuss how this site could become a fully-protected space in the ABNJ. Since a large part of the SWIO is under the mandate of the Nairobi Convention (Regional Sea under the auspices of UNEP), guidelines are proposed to spur a dedicated seamount governance in the framework of this Convention. PY 2020 PD JUL SO Deep-sea Research Part Ii-topical Studies In Oceanography SN 0967-0645 PU Elsevier BV VL 176 UT 000556810400007 DI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.104715 ID 71049 ER EF