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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.
Photo of a deep-sea rattail fish and seastar
Courtesy of Lisa Levin/ONR
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| NOAA Establishes Eight Marine Protected Areas to Provide Safe Havens for Deep-Water Fish
NOAA Media Release 13 January 2009 |  |
| | NOAA has established eight separate marine protected areas encompassing a total of 529 square nautical miles in south Atlantic federal waters to shield deep-water fish species and their habitats from fishing. All fishing for snappers, groupers, tilefishes, grunts, porgies, and sea basses is prohibited throughout the protected areas, which are located off the coast from North Carolina south to Florida. | |
Read more at http://www.noaanews.noaa ... mpas.html.
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