Same area, but now with the pressure visible: longlines, ropes and other fishing gear litter entangling gorgonians and covering the seabed. Chronic ghost fishing and structural damage that we urgently need to address.
#marinelitter #ghostfishing #MPA #conservation @thanasisnikolaou.bsky.social

Clip from the Tokmakia plateau (NE Lesvos): a mesophotic coralligenous reef with dense red gorgonians and complex bioconstructions. This is the kind of “animal forest” habitat our work focuses on documenting and conserving.
#coralligenous #gorgonians #oceans @skatsanevakis.bsky.social

These semi-enclosed European seas appear to have specific zones that "collect" larger amounts of macro-plastics, thereby affecting species such as marine mammals, seabirds, and sea turtles.

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This project is carried out within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU (Implementation body: HFRI).

🫧 They measured marine phytoplankton, seawater pH and temperature, and microplastics, gaining valuable insights into scientific methodologies while using accessible and frugal data collection tools.

🌊 The students had the opportunity to learn more about marine biodiversity and how humans play a major role in environmental change.