Marine scientist says Australia’s blobfish faces extinction

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Callum Roberts, a marine scientist with the Universtiy of York, has said he believes the blobfish to face extinction. The foot-long creature is under threat by bottom fishing trawlers off the southeastern Australian coast.

“The Australian and New Zealand deep trawling fishing fleets are some of the most active in the world so if…

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