This article touches upon the possibility of establishing a marine protected area (MPA) fully covering the submerged Vitoria-Trindade Chain (VTC), an idea which was set aside when the Brazilian government created an MPA around Trindade Island and the Martin Vaz Archipelago, under the justification that a stretch of the VTC lies beyond national jurisdictional. This article points out that the VTC is, in fact, within national jurisdiction and argues that there is legal and political room to establish an MPA encompassing the whole seamount chain, which remains essentially unprotected so far.

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保护维多利亚-特林达德链：巴西外大陆架海洋保护区的法律澄清和替代方案

本文涉及建立一个完全覆盖淹没的维多利亚-特林达德链 (VTC) 的海洋保护区 (MPA) 的可能性，当巴西政府在特林达德岛和马丁瓦兹群岛周围建立海洋保护区时，这一想法被搁置。一段 VTC 超出国家管辖范围的理由。这篇文章指出，VTC 实际上是在国家管辖范围内，并认为存在建立一个涵盖整个海山链的海洋保护区的法律和政治空间，到目前为止，该海洋保护区基本上没有受到保护。