{"id":2505,"date":"2022-06-14T14:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abyssa.com\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2024-07-17T10:09:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T08:09:58","slug":"abyssa-explores-two-seamounts-off-the-coast-of-corsica-during-the-seamonti-2022-expedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abyssa.com\/en\/abyssa-explores-two-seamounts-off-the-coast-of-corsica-during-the-seamonti-2022-expedition\/","title":{"rendered":"ABYSSA explores two seamounts off the coast of Corsica during the SEAMONTI 2022 expedition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jean-Damien BERGERON, Associate Director of ABYSSA and mission leader for the SEAMONTI expedition, presents the mission for France 3 Corse Viastella<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Under the technical and scientific direction of ABYSSA, and with the financial support of the European Union – NextGenerationEU, France Relance and the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB), a deepsea oceanographic survey was conducted off the coast of Corsica between May 26 and June 12, 2022.<\/p>\n

The SEAMONTI expedition, so named by the OFB, was carried out within the framework of a Research and Development project with the Marine Natural Park of Cap Corse and Agriate (PNMCCA) and the OFB’s Delegation of Mediterranean Sea Fa\u00e7ade (DFM).<\/p>\n

On board DRASSM\u2019s magnificent vessel \u201cAlfred Merlin\u201d and using ECA Robotics’ A18D Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), two deep areas were explored west of Corsica: a seamount off Ajaccio and another off the Agriate.<\/p>\n

The objective of this campaign is to carry out an initial survey of the environment using a device for exploring deep geomorphological structures unsing an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and to produce scientific knowledge on this type of habitat.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner content_placement=”top” gap=”35″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1665991568724{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”2487″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” image_hovers=”false” link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/omFF1FUfF1w” css=”.vc_custom_1665991640647{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1665991579223{margin-top: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1721203785147{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]To discover the report:<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text]