Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Report of the expert workshop. Background ; Introduction ; Relevant FAO Programmes ; Discussion on chondrichthyes, corals, and sponges ; Discussion on vulnerable deep-sea or bycatch fish species ; Deep-sea species identification guides for vulnerable species ; Discussion on ways forward for the development of guides for vulnerable deep-sea species ; Conclusions and recommendations
  • pt. 2. Expert workshop background documents. Information to assist preparation of a deep-sea species identification guide--sharks, batoids, and chimaeras (class Chondrichthyes) / by Peter M. Kyne and Colin A. Simpfendorfer. Global list of cold-water corals (order Scleractinia, sub-order Filifera, subclass Octocorallia, order Antipatharia) from waters deeper than 200 m, vulnerable species, and draft recommendations for the production of identification guides / by Marcelo Visentini Kitahara. Towards the development of an identification guide for vulnerable deep-sea sponges / by Joana R. Xavier and Rob W.M. van Soest.