88318baf-0e74-71f7-35da-1798ad81bd82 eng utf8 dataset custodian NIWA National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research +64 4 386 0300 voice +64 4 386 0574 facsimile 301 Evans Bay Parade Hataitai Wellington 6021 New Zealand curator@niwa.co.nz http://www.niwa.co.nz Website of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand - enhancing the benefits of New Zealand's natural resources Data curator 2016-06-13T12:35:33 creation ISO 19115-3 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP NZST/NZDT Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region 2016-06-12T22:29:00 creation 2016-06-12T22:29:00 revision Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are ecosystems that are highly vulnerable to one or more kinds of fishing activity or other disturbance and are identified by the vulnerability of their components (e.g. habitats, communities or species). The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) Convention includes specific provisions to protect VMEs. SPRFMO has defined ten benthic invertebrate taxa that are regarded as indicators of VMEs. They are: Porifera (sponges); Actiniaria (anemones); Alcyonacea (soft corals); Gorgonacea (sea fans); Pennatulacea (sea pens); Scleractinia (stony corals); Antipatharia (black corals); Stylasteridae (hydrocorals); Crinoidea (sea lilies); and Brisingida (armless stars). For management purposes, it is important to know where VMEs are known or likely to occur, based on the best available scientific and technical information. The likely presence of VMEs can be identified using habitat suitability models for indicator taxa, ideally across the entire SPRFMO area. This is the aim of the South Pacific VME project. Records of VME indicator taxa extracted for the SPRFMO area and the New Zealand EEZ from OBIS (Online Biogeographic Information System: www.iobis.org) together with other online data sources, and data from research institutes (e.g., NIWA, CSIRO) and fisheries agencies (e.g. MPI, AFMA) were used for the project. These data were compiled and groomed prior to use in the habitat suitability modelling. Data in this dataset represent records of the VME indicator taxa as extracted from the variety of data sources listed above and may include records that are outside of the SPRFMO area. NIWA (2016). Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand, 202873 records, Online http://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource.do?r=vme_inverts released on February 3, 2016. completed pointOfContact NIWA Di Tracey Scientist author NIWA Ashley Rowden Scientist author NIWA Kevin Mackay Scientist author NIWA Malcolm Clark Scientist vector biota oceans South Pacific Ocean 120,-10 293,-10 293,-60 120,-60 120,-10 119.99999999999999 180 -59.99999999999999 -10 -180 -67 -59.99999999999999 -10 https://dc.niwa.co.nz:/niwa_dc/srv/api/records/88318baf-0e74-71f7-35da-1798ad81bd82/attachments/vme_s.png thumbnail png https://dc.niwa.co.nz:/niwa_dc/srv/api/records/88318baf-0e74-71f7-35da-1798ad81bd82/attachments/vme.png large_thumbnail png vulnerable marine distribution habitats ecosystems unclassified eng https://dc.niwa.co.nz/niwa_dc/srv/metadata/88318baf-0e74-71f7-35da-1798ad81bd82 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--metadata-URL Point of truth URL of this metadata record https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=vme_inverts Southwestern Pacific OBIS (Darwin core archive) http://obisswp.niwa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/fda3ce29bbdc4fd18f8554221c7e5764_0 View, search, and download the data via the Southwestern Pacific OBIS map application The scientific names have been mapped to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), using the online taxon match tool. All sampling locations have been plotted on a map to perform a visual check. The most important check would be to see if all sampling locations are (1) in the marine and/or brackish environment and (2) within the described sampling area. dataset SPRFMO VME taxa unclassified