Annex 1: List of case studies/​locations identified during the workshop

Arctic OECM case studies:

• Disko Fan Conservation Area Marine Refuge (Canada)
• River mouth fisheries restrictions (Finland)
• Bottom trawl closures in West Greenland (Greenland)
• Wider Melville Bay area (Greenland)
• Seabed management plan (Greenland)
• Lumpfish closure* (Iceland)
• Commercial fisheries regulations to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems (Norway)
• Bottom gear closure to protect coral (Norway)
• NEAFC Closed and Regulatory Area 4 (see the report of the Workshop to evaluate long-term biodiversity/​ecosystem benefits of NEAFC closed and restricted areas WKECOVME)

Under ICES WKTOPS current candidates for case studies include:

• the Plaice Box – a partially closed area in the North Sea, established in 1989 to reduce the discarding of undersized plaice (Pleuronectes platessa);
• the Sandeel Fishery Closure - a large, closed area encompassing much of Scotland's east coast established in 2000 to protect the lesser sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) with consequences for black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) seabird populations;
• the Lophelia Coral Conservation Area (LCCA) off Nova Scotia, Canada – a small 15 km² area closed to protect the only known cold-water coral reef in Canada using ABFM tools;
• NAFO closed areas to protect sponge vulnerable marine ecosystems in ABNJ of Flemish Cap following UNGA sustainable fisheries resolutions.

Other non-Arctic case studies

• Rockall/​NEAFC Haddock Box
• NAFO Sponge Ground Closures (ABNJ)
• NAFO Seamount Closures (ABNJ)
• Gwaxdlala/​Nalaxdlala (Lull/​Hoeya) Marine Refuge (Canada)