Soft coral garden discovered in Greenland's deep sea.

ISLAMABAD -- The soft coral garden is the first habitat of this kind to have been identified and assessed in west Greenland waters. The study has direct implications for the management of economically important deep-sea trawl fisheries, which are immediately adjacent to the habitat. The researchers hope that a 486 km2 area will be recognized as a 'Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem' under UN guidelines, to ensure that it is protected. The soft coral garden discovered by the team exists in near total darkness, 500m below the surface at a pressure 50 times greater than at sea-level. This delicate and diverse...

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