Made it to Cabliers! First CTD of #Proteus expedition! 🪸 @Cabliers_Reefs #coldwatercorals #ProtectCabliers #fisheriesrestrictedarea #fra

⚠️Here we come again! Everything’s set for the PROTEUS Cruise, where we'll explore the thriving reefs of Cabliers and Catifas for a month🪸, aboard R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa! Hours of ROV dives, CTD casts and seafloor mapping are waiting for us! #ProteusExpedition #ProtectCabliers

Big thanks to @ICMCSIC & @Cabliers_Reefs, whose int'l research campaign confirmed the value of this deep-sea sanctuary in March.  After @UN_FAO_GFCM decision, another expedition in 2024 will help define a Fisheries Restricted Area to #ProtectCabliers vimeo.com/877923733

🪸Acanthogorgia hirsuta aka. Gold gorgonian form high complex coral gardens on top of dead coral framework, in the southern mounds of Cabliers bank. We’re going there very soon, 1st April. Stay tuned for OASIS expedition! ⛴️ #octocoralfriday #protectCabliers #OasisInTheDeep

🪸We study the most flourishing and well preserved coral reefs in the Mediterranean #protectCabliers #OasesInTheDeep