“What's Living in the Open Ocean Around… | Nova AI Stream” — what this page in the network covers. The open ocean is the largest habitat on Earth, and one of the least documented. In the Seychelles, where the Exclusive Economic Zone covers roughly the… What's Living in the Open Ocean Around Aldabra? In the Seychelles, where the Exclusive Economic Zone covers roughly the same area as France, most of what scientists know about pelagic species comes from fisheries bycatch and whatever turns up at the market.
BRUVS (Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems) offer a different approach. Around Aldabra, one of the most remote and protected island groups on the planet, two teams deployed BRUVS simultaneously. Shallow rigs descended to the reef edge at depths of up to 60 meters for one-hour sessions, recording species that divers cannot reach and staying longer than any dive window allows. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.