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October 6, 2010: We are excited to work with Pangaea Exploration, a highly experienced group promoting marine conservation, exploration and education. Becky worked wtih them in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after a 12 hour flight and 20 hours driving North to the town of Caravelas, the team will board the 72' sail boat the Sea Dragon for 2 weeks. We will be traveling over 300 miles offshore to the Jaseur banks where we documented the expedition both topside & underwater., Click on read more to see the video or check out the ships blog to read more about our expedition! SHIPS BLOG
(From Pangaea Expeditions Blog) Our goal for this next trip is to conduct the first ever visual reconissance of a deep seamount approximately 230nm off the Brazilian coast. The Jaseur Bank sits in international waters and rises to at least 150′ (45m) below sea surface, abrubtly, from over 14,000′ of deep, clear ocean. Seamounts present rich, locally productive islands of marine wildlife habitat. Deep water rises to visible light depths to create a hotspot of life. Large pelagic fish, marine mammals are drawn to productive, diverse bottom habitats. Plateaus, pinnacles and deep, sometimes vertical walls of life create exceptional habitat for marine life. This is what should be there. What has us worried is the fact that this bank is in international waters, and therefore outside Brazilian protection and control. Despite the good work the government is doing in Abrolhos, this area may be subject to the full force of unregulated long-lines and bottom trawling nets. We hope, ironically, to see many of the sharks that are the source of conflict in Recife. Our goal was to find the shallow water, dive, film, record and bring the story back.
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