Cold-water coral restoration off Brittany: ‘Bottom trawling remains an indirect threat’
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- Researchers are installing artificial reefs off Brittany to restore threatened cold-water corals.
- Biologist Marie-Claire Fabri said the species face pressure from bottom trawlers and warming waters.
- An expedition found signs that deep-sea life is slowly recovering.
Off the coast of Brittany, researchers are installing artificial reefs in an effort to save cold-water corals and other deep-sea organisms.
The species face threats from trawlers and rising temperatures. After returning from an expedition, biologist Marie-Claire Fabri described a cautious recovery, with life slowly returning in the depths.
Fabri said bottom trawling remains an indirect threat to the corals.
Bottom trawling remains an indirect threat.
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