Reports and publications about glass sponge reefs

Reports

• Pacific Region Cold-Water Coral and Sponge Conservation Strategy (2010 to 2015)
• Encounter Protocol Framework for Corals and Sponges
• Glass Sponge Reefs in the Strait of Georgia and Howe Sound (2017)
• Glass Sponge Aggregations in Howe Sound (2018)
• Ground-truthing the Latest Set of Suspected Glass Sponge Reefs in Howe Sound (2020)
• Indirect Effects of Bottom-Contact Fishing Activities (by Trap Gear) on Sponge Reefs
• Impacts of Fishing Gear other than Bottom Trawls, Dredges, Gillnets and Longlines on Aquatic Biodiversity and Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems

Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Marine Protected Area reports

• Fishery Induced Remobilized Sediment on the Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs
• Hecate Strait regulatory impact analysis statement
• Glass sponge reef adaptive management zones for the Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Marine Protected Area, British Columbia:
  • science response

Publications

• No fishing in the Strait of Georgia and Howe Sound glass sponge reef marine refuges
• Test your coral and sponge knowledge

Video

• Canada: Home to deep-sea corals and sponges
• Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs Marine Protected Area
• Working aboard a science at sea mission
• 2008 ROPOS Expedition