Recently, in June 2005, as part of its collaboration with the Fondazione Ermenegildo Zegna, Oceana visited the Gorringe Bank on board its catamaran the "Ranger" to document the ecosystem of these seamounts in videos and photographs. To do so, it had a team of sailors, marine biologists, divers, underwater videographers and underwater photographers.

During the time they spent on the Gorringe Bank, they visited two of its main peaks (Gettysburg and Ormonde), where four divers spent around 40 hours underwater. More than one hundred photographs ware taken as well as 10 hours of film, and biological samples were taken, particularly algae, for subsequent identification.

In this way, Oceana hopes to contribute to our knowledge of the ecology of the seamounts, provide visual material for dissemination to the general public and promote the protection of vulnerable European habitats.

 

For more information, you can download a copy of the report "The seamounts of the Gorringe Bank"

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