Berta RAMIRO SANCHEZ

Mapping the biogeography of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the Southern Indian Ocean

Project on the biogeography of the Southern Indian Ocean to identify biogeographical regions of indicator taxa of vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) in the Agreement Area of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA). The project will develop distribution models of VME predicted occurrence, along with associated uncertainty measures, in order to create several state-of-the-art bioregionalisation schemes for the Agreement Area. The outputs will be used to provide advice to the SIOFA Scientific Committee in order to inform the management of bottom fisheries activities and the conservation of VMEs in the Agreement Area.