From this week's Guardian:
"Fishing is expected to be banned near the Atlantic islet of Rockall after a rare methane gas vent in the seabed and two new shellfish species were discovered by British scientists.
The methane, which leaks through a so-called "cold seep" vent in the ocean floor, was found last year by scientists working with the government agency Marine Scotland. It is the first of its kind to be found near UK waters and only the third in the north-east Atlantic."
Read the full article here.
Croix des Gardes is currently headed for Bishop's Rock Lighthouse rather than Rockall, but we still know so little about our own amazing and productive seas. Here we have at least two species new to science right on our own doorstep.
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| Rare frilled shark caught near Rockall. |
The methane, which leaks through a so-called "cold seep" vent in the ocean floor, was found last year by scientists working with the government agency Marine Scotland. It is the first of its kind to be found near UK waters and only the third in the north-east Atlantic."
Read the full article here.
Croix des Gardes is currently headed for Bishop's Rock Lighthouse rather than Rockall, but we still know so little about our own amazing and productive seas. Here we have at least two species new to science right on our own doorstep.
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