![]() ![]() ![]() This paper reviews the scientific evidence supporting the finding that it meets the rigorous criteria for an EBSA and assesses whether there have been major changes in the decade since. At the time it was the largest high seas EBSA to be so described. A decade ago, in 2012, the two million square mile core area of the Sargasso Sea was “described” by the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as an Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Area (EBSA), having scored highly on six of the seven designated criteria. The floating mats and windrows of S argassum house distinct communities of animals including endemic species, and provide shelter, nursery areas and food for many others including juvenile turtles, fish, and birds. The floating Sargassum macroalgae for which it is named support a diverse and productive ocean ecosystem. The Sargasso Sea is a high seas ecosystem located within the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre. 4Sargasso Sea Commission, Hamilton, Bermuda.3The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC, United States.2Sargasso Sea Commission, Washington, DC, United States.1Professor Emeritus, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.Roe 1,2, David Freestone 2,3* and Fae Sapsford 4 ![]()
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