“Spectacular Discovery” in Antarctica: Massive Icefish Breeding Colony With 60 Million Nests

[Introvertebrate]

“Spectacular Discovery” in Antarctica: Massive Icefish Breeding Colony With 60 Million Nests

Researchers detect around 60 million nests of Antarctic icefish over a 240 square kilometers area in the Weddell Sea. Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research team has found the world's largest fish breeding area known to date. A towed camera system photog

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[Smotzer]

The size of the breeding colony is quite spectacular!! Amazing to see some ocean animals have space generally free from fishing and succeed. Hopefully no one tries to go out there and harvest all that as people are known to do in fish rich seas. Hopefully it can be protected!

 

[viper69]

Saw that recently

 

[pongdict]

The size of the breeding colony is quite spectacular!! Amazing to see some ocean animals have space generally free from fishing and succeed. Hopefully no one tries to go out there and harvest all that as people are known to do in fish rich seas. Hopefully it can be protected!

Yes, I really hope it can be protected from human greed.

 

[Introvertebrate]

As long as the ice shelf remains, they should be safe.

 

[Edan bandoot]

As long as the ice shelf remains, they should be safe.

so what you're saying is that they aren't safe at all

 

[Introvertebrate]

so what you're saying is that they aren't safe at all

Pretty much.

"So far, the remoteness and difficult sea ice conditions of this southernmost area of the Weddell Sea have protected the area, but with the increasing pressures on the ocean and polar regions, we should be much more ambitious with marine conservation.”

 

[DaveM]

Those fish are so precious. Now I feel guilty about wanting to try ice fishing

 

[Introvertebrate]

Those fish are so precious. Now I feel guilty about wanting to try ice fishing

That Antarctic species doesn't look like it's got much meat on it. Go ahead and catch your fish.

 

[pongdict]

That Antarctic species doesn't look like it's got much meat on it. Go ahead and catch your fish.

Don't worry, humans will figure out something it is good for. Find uses for its scales/fins/whatever body parts.