Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Open Ocean Trustees Move Forward with Next Phase of Mesophotic Deep Benthic Communities Projects   The Gulf of Mexico has a vast and unique deep-sea environment that supports the health and diversity of the broader ecosystem. These mesophotic and deep benthic communities are a foundation of the Gulf of Mexico food web, and were injured across a large area by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.    Following the planning phase, the Open Ocean Trustees provided a summary and analysis of site-specific actions to be implemented in 2022, and later in the implementation phase between 2023 and 2027. The Trustees have completed reviews of these analyses that ensure its mesophotic and deep benthic projects are consistent with the evaluation and environmental compliance provided for the projects in the Final Open Ocean Restoration Plan 2 and Environmental Assessment.   Learn more at the Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group's latest Gulf Spill Restoration news update >> Know someone interested in Gulf restoration? Forward this email and tell them to sign up for updates!

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