Cliffhanging corals avoid trawler damage
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 09:01
in Earth & Climate
Bottom trawling fishing boats have devastated many cold water coral reefs along the margin of the North East Atlantic Ocean. Now, researchers have found large cold water coral colonies clinging to the vertical and overhanging sides of submarine canyons 1350 metres below the surface of the Bay of Biscay.