Highlights: 00:38:34 fishing net - ghost fishing

The seafloor consists of sand ripples, occasional depressions and some small boulders. The echinoid Cidaris cidaris is commonly seen along with gastropods and hermit crabs. Fish species include grenadiers, Lepidion eques and eels. A fishing net is observed.

START VIDEO [00:00:00]/22:20. The entire dive presents a uniform species distribution and associated biotope throughout:mainly rippled mud on gentle/moderate slope with abundant Cidaris cidaris aggregations. [1] ROV stops for sampling two pushcores. The dive starts on gentle/moderate rippled sandy slope with echinoderms as dominant species phylum. [00:10:00] Here, population of very small Paguridae recorded co-dominating with C. cidaris. [00:38:00] Fishing net. [00:52:00] Here, fields of C. cidaris aggregations on rippled sand slope. [00:58:00] C. cidaris are now less frequent. END VIDEO [01:19:00]/23:35.