A see at Greenland’s deep-sea ecosystems threatened by fishing

A see at Greenland’s deep-sea ecosystems threatened by fishing



Existence



9 September 2021

By Christa Lesté-Lasserre

A grenadier fish swimming along the sea floor near an anemone

A grenadier fish swimming along undisturbed sea ground shut to an anemone

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

Sponges and corals residing in newly stumbled on underwater fields and meadows are prone to destruction as they’re continuously raked over by halibut fishing boats off the shores of Greenland.

Extra than a kilometre under the ocean ground, the highly a quantity of ecosystems of the deep sea are home to life varieties that thrive on stability. However as fishing boats poke heavy instruments at some level of the ocean ground, they’re stirring up chaos in these weak, every every so often still ecosystems. This …

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