WG coordinators: Jaime Davies (jaime.davies@plymouth.ac.uk), Ashley Rowden (Ashley.Rowden@niwa.co.nz)

Present at INCISE2014 discussion: Heather Stewart, Martha Nizinski, Tom Munroe, Khaira Ismail, Kerry Howell, Ulla Fernandez-Arcaya, Florence Sanchez, Jeremy Potter, Lenaick Menot, Pere Puig, Peter Harris, Ashley Rowden

Present at INCISE2016 discussion: Jaime Davies, Peter Harris (Chairs), Pere Puig, Andrew Eggett, Derek Fenton, Hilary Moors-Murphy, Teresa Amaro, Martina Pierdomenico, Dwight Owens, Natalie Vallette-Silver

Discussion topics:

• Why protect canyons?
• What are the threats to canyon ecosystems?
• Is there interest in canyon conservation?
• What are the management issues?
• What science is required for canyon conservation?

Outputs:

• Review paper on the ecological role of submarine canyons and their need for conservation: Fernandez-Arcaya, U., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Aguzzi, J., Allcock, A.L., Davies, J.S., Dissanayake, A., Harris, P., Howell, K., Huvenne, V.A., Ismail, K., Macmillan-Lawler, M., Martin, J., Menot, L., Nizinski, M., Puig, P., Rowden, A., Sanchez, F., Van den Beld, I., (2017). Ecological role of submarine canyons and need for canyon conservation: a review. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4,5  doi:10.3389/fmars.2017.00005.