Supported by the Monaco Exploration Society, a study mission on deep-water corals
of the Red Sea took place in the Gulf of Aqaba at Eilat, in Israel, from 23 to 31
October 2019 This mission was jointly prepared and organised by Dr. Christine
Ferrier Pagès, leader of the coral ecophysiology team at the Monaco Scientific
Center (CSM), and Pr. Maoz Fine from the Inter-University Institute for Marine
Sciences (IUI). This mission, which used a ROV to sample and film deep-water corals,
is the fruit of a long cooperation between these two entities.