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NEAFC Anti-Altair Seamount

555790285 WDPA ID
50.0 km² Reported Area

Type Other effective area-based conservation measures

Location Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

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Attributes

  • Original Name NEAFC Anti-Altair Seamount
  • English Designation NEAFC Area Closed to Bottom Fisheries for the protection of VMEs
  • IUCN Management Category Not Applicable
  • Status Designated
  • Type of Designation Regional
  • Status Year 2014
  • Sublocation
  • Governance Type Joint governance
  • Management Authority North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
  • Management Plan See NEAFC binding management measures and NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement at: https://www.neafc.org/managing_fisheries
  • International Criteria Not Applicable
  • Supplementary Information NEAFC OECM template with all relevant information and joint narrative Protecting the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Management Measures under NEAFC and OSPAR available at https://www.neafc.org/oecm
  • Conservation Objectives Primary

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  1. North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission OECMs Updated: 2025 North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission

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citation

UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for NEAFC Anti-Altair Seamount from the World Database on Protected Areas, April 2025. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net

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UNEP-WCMC and IUCN (2025), Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM) [Online], April 2025, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.