Fear and loathing of the deep ocean: why don't people care about the deep sea?

Jamieson, Alan J.; Singleman, Glenn; Linley, Thomas D.; Casey, Susan

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“…Democratising the de facto governing role of science in the deep sea remains highly challenging. Instituting deliberation over alternative values and uses beyond fisheries and climate services is, despite the global importance of the mesopelagic, made difficult by the apparent lack of societal engagement with the deep sea 58 . This is a key difference with other domains, such as food systems, where there are calls for democratised knowledgegovernance (rather than science-policy) interfaces that enable diverse perspectives 59 and differentiate responsibilities from civil society and private actors 60 .…”

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Science governs the future of the mesopelagic zone

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The potential of the mesopelagic zone (200–1000 m depth) to provide natural resources and ecosystem services is of increasing interest to a broad range of societal stakeholders. As this interest grows, divergent ideas about its current and future role in supporting human life are being expressed in scientific and public discourse. We use automated content analysis to identify 13 key topics about the mesopelagic zone from 2226 scientific abstracts and 4066 tweets. Two dominant ideas emerge: (1) the exploitation of fish resources and (2) the role of the mesopelagic zone as a carbon sink. We find that, in the absence of significant mesopelagic zone policy, science plays a de facto governing role by shaping how the ecosystem is known to the public and policymakers alike. These results indicate the need and potential for new knowledge and governance arrangements that can broaden the range of meanings and knowledge needed to anticipate future uses of deeply uncertain ecosystems and resources.

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“…For laypeople, of course, this only plays a subordinate role; instead, ethical and aesthetic reasons to value or reject something are often in the foreground (cf. Jamieson et al, 2021). Analogous to Haeckel's drawings, the art factor (microscopic images) could be used to reach the public and convince them of the beauty of deep-sea life, and thus also to raise their awareness of how biodiverse the deep sea is and that this diversity is threatened.…”

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Challenges and Advances in the Taxonomy of Deep-Sea Peracarida: From Traditional to Modern Methods

Frutos

Kaiser²,

Pułaski³

et al. 2022

Front. Mar. Sci.

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As one of the oldest branches of biology, taxonomy deals with the identification, classification and naming of living organisms, using a variety of tools to explore traits at the morphological and molecular level. In the deep sea, particular challenges are posed to the taxonomic differentiation of species. Relatively limited sampling effort coupled with apparent high diversity, compared to many other marine environments, means that many species sampled are undescribed, and few specimens are available for each putative species. The resulting scarce knowledge of intraspecific variation makes it difficult to recognize species boundaries and thus to assess the actual diversity and distribution of species. In this review article, we highlight some of these challenges in deep-sea taxonomy using the example of peracarid crustaceans. Specifically, we offer a detailed overview of traditional as well as modern methods that are used in the taxonomic analysis of deep-sea Peracarida. Furthermore, methods are presented that have not yet been used in peracarid taxonomy, but have potential for the analysis of internal and external structures in the future. The focus of this compilation is on morphological methods for the identification, delimitation and description of species, with references to molecular analysis included where relevant, as these methods are an indispensable part of an integrative taxonomic approach. The taxonomic impediment, i.e. the shortage of taxonomists in view of a high undescribed biodiversity, is discussed in the context of the existing large taxonomic knowledge gaps in connection with the increasing threat to deep-sea ecosystems. Whilst peracarid crustaceans are used here as an exemplary taxon, the methodology described has broad relevance to many other deep-sea taxa, and thus will support broader research into deep-sea biodiversity and ecology more widely.

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“…This situation is compounded by limited efforts to bridge different knowledge systems (notably Indigenous and local knowledge), which contributes to marginalizing these knowledge holders from relevant decision-making, even if these groups are disproportionally affected by the negative consequences. Furthermore, limited understanding of the benefits that derive from a healthy ocean for society and the economy fuels a "disconnect" between some communities and the ocean (Jamieson et al, 2021). In effect, only recently have global scientific reviews highlighted the multiple dependencies of people's right to health on the marine environment (WHO/CBD, 2015; A/HRC/34/49, 2017; A/75/161, 2020).…”

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Transformative Governance for Ocean Biodiversity

Erinosho¹,

Hamukuaya²,

Lajaunie³

et al. 2022

Transforming Biodiversity Governance

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bolanle erinosho, hashali hamukuaya, claire lajaunie, alana malinde s. n. lancaster, mitchell lennan, pierre mazzega, elisa morgera and bernadette snow IntroductionThe ocean's enormity and depth are illustrated by the limited ability of humankind to comprehend it. The current science and policy seascape remains largely fragmented, and as a result the integrity of marine life and the well-being of those (human and nonhuman) dependent on a healthy ocean is being negatively impacted. Fragmented governance is an indirect driver of ocean biodiversity loss due to its inability to provide synergistic solutions to address simultaneously multiple direct drivers for such loss (overfishing, land-based and marine pollution, and climate change). This governance problem is well known (Kelly et al., 2019;Watson-Wright and Valdés, 2018), and to some extent it is being addressed in ongoing international negotiations on an international instrument on marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (A/RES/72/249, 2017). This chapter will shed new light on these well-known problems by applying the lens of "transformative governance," understood as "formal and informal (public and private) rules, rule-making systems and actor-networks at all levels of human society (from local to global) that enable transformative change . . . towards biodiversity conservation and sustainable development more broadly," with a view to "respond[ing] to, manag[ing], and trigger[ing] regime shifts in coupled socio-ecological systems at multiple scales" (Visseren-Hamakers et al., 2021: 21; see also Chaffin et al., 2016 and Chapter 1 of this volume). We share the editors' views that there is a need to shift away "from the technocratic and regulatory fix of environmental problems to more fundamental and transformative changes in social-political processes and economic relations" (Otsuki (2015: 1; see also Chapter 1 of this volume). This can also help us to better understand how ocean biodiversity can contribute to "other environmental and social justice issues" 1 that are interwoven with the ocean in less visible ways than terrestrial biodiversity, such as poverty (Singh et al., 2018) and resource-grabbing (Virdin et al., 2021). 2 All the authors are part of the One Ocean Hub, a collaborative research for sustainable development project funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) (Grant Ref: NE/S008950/1). GCRF is a key component in delivering the UK AID strategy and puts UK-led research at the heart of efforts to tackle the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, Mr. Hamukuaya was financially supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) toward this research: Opinions expressed and conclusions arrived at are those of the author and are not necessarily to be attributed to the NRF. 1 Chapter 1 in this volume. 2 The term "ocean-grabbing" is increasingly utilized to refer to a situation "[w]here the benefits from use of finite ocean space and resources characterized as pu...

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Fear and loathing of the deep ocean: why don't people care about the deep sea?

Cited by 20 publications

References 54 publications

Science governs the future of the mesopelagic zone

Science governs the future of the mesopelagic zone

Challenges and Advances in the Taxonomy of Deep-Sea Peracarida: From Traditional to Modern Methods

Transformative Governance for Ocean Biodiversity

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