Resources

Videos 

• Salas y Gómez & Nazca ridges extended version (English / Spanish / French)

• Salas y Gómez & Nazca ridges highlights (English / Spanish / French)

• Maritime cultural heritage of the Salas y Gómez & Nazca ridges (English / Spanish / French)

• Petition for High Seas Treaty (English / Spanish / French)

• Importance of High Seas Treaty (English / Spanish / French)

Factsheets

• Salas y Gómez & Nazca ridges factsheet & map (English / Spanish / French) 

• Maritime cultural heritage of the Salas y Gómez & Nazca ridges (English / Spanish / French)

• Salas y Gómez & Nazca ridges by the numbers (English)

• Coral Reefs on the High Seas Coalition factsheet (English)

Story Maps

• Salas y Gómez & Nazca ridges (English / Spanish / French)

• Maritime cultural heritage of the Salas y Gómez & Nazca ridges (English / Spanish / French)

Science Articles 

• A Forgotten Maritime Highway: Maritime Cultural Heritage of the Emperor Seamounts with Implications for High Seas Conservation. Journal of Maritime Archaeology. Apr 2024.

• Protecting the Salas y Gomez and Nazca Ridges: A review of policy pathways for creating conservation measures in the international waters of the Southeast Pacific 

• Meiofaunal nematode abundance, composition, and diversity at bathyal to hadal depths in the Southeast Pacific Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. Oct 2022.

• Borderless conservation: Integrating connectivity into high seas conservation efforts for the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges. Frontiers in Marine Science. Oct 2022.

• Paper on the importance of the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges. SPRFMO. Sep 2022.

• Description of a new and widely distributed species of black coral. PeerJ. Feb 2022.

• The hidden landscape: Maritime cultural heritage of the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges with implications for conservation on the high seas. Marine Policy. Dec 2021.

• First ecological characterization of whip black coral assemblages in the Easter Island Ecoregion. Frontiers of Marine Science. Nov 2021.

• Conserving the last ocean frontiers. GIS for Science: Maps for Saving the Planet. Oct 2021.

• Complete mitochondrial genome of two species of black corals from Rapa Nui. Mitochondrial DNA Part B. Oct 2021.

• The modeled distribution of corals and sponges surrounding the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges with implications for high seas conservation. PeerJ. Sep 2021.

• Deep-sea biodiversity at the extremes of the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges with implications for conservation. Plos One. Jun 2021.

• Marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction: promoting marine scientific research and enabling equitable benefit sharing. Frontiers of Marine Science. May 2021.

• The Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges: A review of the importance, opportunities and challenges for protecting a global diversity hotspot on the high seas. Marine Policy. Apr 2021.

• First description of deep benthic habitats and communities of oceanic islands and seamounts of the Nazca Desventuradas Marine Park, Chile. Scientific Reports. Mar 2021.

• The Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges: a global diversity hotspot in need of protection. Proposal to the South Pacific Regional Fishery Management Organization Scientific Committee. Oct 2020.

• New species of black corals from deep-sea seamounts and ridges in the North Pacific. Zootaxa. Oct 2020.

• Coral reefs of the high seas: hidden biodiversity hotspots in need of protection. Frontiers of Marine Science. Sep 2020.

Social Media

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Annual Reports

• 2021 Coral Reefs of the High Seas Coalition Annual Report. Dec. 2021.

• 2020 Coral Reefs of the High Seas Coalition Annual Report. May 2020.

News Stories

• Supporting the conservation of the Salas y Gómez & Nazca ridges. High Seas Alliance. Mar. 2022.

• Scientists find a new black coral hidden in plain sight. Honolulu Civil Beat. Feb. 2022.

• Scientists uncover trove of coral in remote Pacific. Conservation International Research Roundup. Dec. 2021.

• We may know less about the deep sea than the moon - should it be mined? Honolulu Civil Beat. Oct. 2021.

• Modeling mountains: how species modeling can save the high seas. Marine Conservation Institute. Sep. 2021.

• Modeling can help us explore and save marine life on underwater mountains according to new scientific report. Marine Conservation Institute Press Release. Sep. 2021.

• Deep-sea study records species found nowhere else on Earth. EcoWatch. Jul. 2021.

• Scientists discover extraordinary ecosystem on submarine ridges off Chile and Peru (in Spanish). Mongabay. Jul. 2021.

• Deep-sea expeditions to Salas y Gómez and Nazca reveal new ecosystems (in Spanish). La Tercera. Jul. 2021.

• Scientists discover extraordinary ecosystem on submarine ridges off Chile & Peru (in Spanish). El Comercio. Jul. 2021.

• Unique marine ecosystems discovered near Chilean island territory (in Spanish). Mundo Acuícola. Jul. 2021.

• In the high seas, scientists uncover a vortex of life. Conservation News. Jun. 2021.

• New study records unique marine ecosystem with fragile deep-sea species found nowhere else on Earth. Conservation International Press Release. Jun. 2021.

• Chile wants to protect part of high seas ahead of global treaty. China Dialogue Ocean. Jun. 2021.

• An effective strategy to protect a high seas hotspot. Conservation International Research Roundup. Feb. 2021.

• How deep-sea coral reefs protect marine biodiversity. Livekindly. Jan. 2021.

• Expeditions on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer lead to discovery of three new black coral species. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. Nov. 2020.

• New coral species discovered on seabed prized for mining potential. Reuters. Oct. 2020.

• Newly discovered coral species face uncertainty in Pacific’s depths. Conservation News. Oct. 2020.

• Three new deep-sea coral species discovered in the North Pacific. Conservation International Press Release. Oct. 2020.

• ‘Secret rainforests’ have been discovered deep in our oceans. World Economic Forum. Oct. 2020.

• Coral ‘rainforests’ discovered in deep waters. Monaco Tribune. Oct. 2020.

• Proposal to increase the marine protection in the marine zone (in Spanish). Mundo Acuícola. Oct. 2020.

• Deep beneath the high seas, researchers find rich coral oases. Science Magazine. Sep. 2020.

• In high seas, scientists see a lifeline for coral reefs. Conservation News. Sep. 2020.

• Mapping coral reefs on the high seas, a lifeline for ocean biodiversity. Conservation International Press Release. Sep. 2020.

• Coral Reefs on the High Seas Coalition. Deep-Sea Life Issue 14. Mar. 2020.

• Launch of the Coral Reefs on the High Seas Coalition. High Seas Alliance. Aug. 2019.