MIDAS Cruise 64PE413 Report , R/V Pelagia, Azores, July 2016 - Investigation of field protocols for deep sea mining monitoring and environmental impact assessment

Abstract

(...) The objectives of this cruise for MIDAS work package 10 were to demonstrate new deep sea monitoring technologies and systems and to assess their suitability for determining and monitoring the impacts of deep-sea resource extraction. The findings of the cruise studies in relation to the overarching MIDAS project objects are provided in the WP10 deliverable Report on Appropriateness of the Testing of Protocols and Standards Developed in WP8, available in the MIDAS public deliverable library here: http://www.eumidas.net/library (...)