Can be fully coupled with existing MEDIUM/HIGH MEDIUM bottom-trawling Sea-floor MEDIUM Restricted to LOW/ LOW/ Bottom-trawl programmes (e.g. (NE Atlantic (not possible in – 10.1.2 L/M flat/smooth Size 2.5 ≥ IBTS, MEDITIS); IBTS and Med - MEDIUM MEDIUM restricted/protected bottoms (video cm Commercial Fish MEDITIS) areas) optional) (D3); Biological Diversity (D1) Expensive, MEDIUM MEDIUM unless coupled Sea-floor Commercial Fish 10.1.2 MEDIUM HIGH HIGH H with existing Size 2.5 (only for countries (D3); Biological ≥ (Deep) deep-sea bottom cm with Deep Seas) Diversity (D1); surveys floor Integrity (D6) Commercial fish (D3); Biological Diversity (D1) MEDIUM MEDIUM Depends on Sea-floor MEDIUM Potential to make Diving MEDIUM M HIGH accessibility to (LOW for Size 2.5 use of volunteer ≥ (Shallow) (LOW for video) 10.1.2 diving video) cm divers and optional) awareness- raising campaigns (e.g. Project AWARE)
10.1.2 Sea-floor Bottom-trawl (video optional) MEDIUM/HIGH (NE Atlantic – IBTS and Med - MEDITIS) LOW/ MEDIUM LOW/ MEDIUM L/M MEDIUM Size ≥ 2.5 cm MEDIUM (not possible in restricted/protected areas) Restricted to flat/smooth bottoms Can be fully coupled with existing bottom-trawling programmes (e.g. IBTS, MEDITIS); Commercial Fish (D3); Biological Diversity (D1) 10.1.2 Sea-floor (Deep) MEDIUM HIGH HIGH H MEDIUM Size ≥ 2.5 cm MEDIUM (only for countries with Deep Seas) Expensive, unless coupled with existing deep-sea bottom surveys Commercial Fish (D3); Biological Diversity (D1); Integrity (D6) 10.1.2 Sea-floor (Shallow) Diving optional) MEDIUM (LOW for video) MEDIUM (LOW for video) MEDIUM M MEDIUM Size ≥ 2.5 cm HIGH Depends on accessibility to diving Commercial fish (D3); Biological Diversity (D1) Potential to make use of volunteer divers and awareness- raising campaigns (e.g. Project AWARE) floor