Southampton (UK) Representatives of IOM T. Abramowski, K. Mianowicz and J. Jerzy took part in the environmental contractor’s collaboration workshop which was held from 10 to 11 January 2024 in Southampton, UK. Contractors presented their work, methodologies, discussed potential collaboration regarding to habitat mapping, pelagic baseline, data management and action under each topics. K. Mianowicz presented IOM’s database and the joint project proposal of the University of Szczecin (Poland) and IOM, aiming at genetic connectivity of benthic species in the CCZ, the Pacific Ocean.