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26-05-2010, 10:24 PM
there is a sad side to the story
The oceanic blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus ), a bottom-dweller found only off the south-east coast of Australia, is heading toward extinction due to deep sea trawling according to recent reports.
While not deliberately targeted by fishermen, the blobfish shares the same habitat as several crustacea that are harvested as seafood, thus leaving it vulnerable as by-catch.
Despite efforts to protect areas of deep sea off the Australian coast from the effects of trawling, these do little to help the blobfish as they "only really to protect corals, not blobfish" according to scientist Professor Callum Roberts