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What are seamounts?
 
Seamounts are undersea mountains (usually of volcanic origin) rising from the seafloor and peaking below sea level. Underwater mountains of heights above 1000 m are considered to be seamounts, those between 500-1000 m as knolls, and those below 500 m as hills. A seamount tall enough to break the sea surface is called an oceanic island, e.g., the islands of Hawaii, the Azores and Bermuda were all underwater seamounts at some point in the past.

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TitleDeep Sea 2003: Conference on the Governance and Management of Deep-sea Fisheries  ( BOOK )
Author(s) / Editor(s) Shotton,R
DescriptionThe first of these two -volume Proceedings contains papers presented at Deep Sea 2003: Conference on the Governance and Management of Deep-sea Fisheries that was held in Queenstown, New Zealand from 1 to 5 December 2003.
Keywords DEEP-SEA FISHERIES; EXPLOITATION OF HIGH-SEAS DEEPWATER FISHERIES; PROTECTION OF FISHERIES AND ENVIRONMENT
Geography Keywords WORLDWIDE
Content Language(s)English
Web Addresshttp://www.fao.org/
Type of Book Proceedings: Conference
Publisher Publishing Management Service; Information Division; FAO
Publication LocationRome
Publication Date2005
Hard Copy AvailabilityMarieTherese.Magnan@fao.org
Series Title Fao Fisheries proccedings 3/1 Deep Sea 2003: Conference on the Governances and Management of Deep-sea Fisheries Part 1
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Number of Pages718
Reference Numbers
ISBN92-5-105402-9
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