Deepest Reef in the US

[Chad]

This is awesome.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/01/02/deepest.reef.ap/index.html

[Beverly]

Quoted from the article:

The scientists' research has been presented to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, which will decide in the coming months whether to restrict fishing or trawling in the area.

Like, duh, it's a no brainer to restrict trawling and fishing in this unique area :rolleyes:

[Tarolisol]

Im pretty sure its not the deepest reef in the world just in the USA. But still pretty interesting. Id like to know what corals are found at that depth.

[StirCrazy]

Im pretty sure its not the deepest reef in the world just in the USA. But still pretty interesting. Id like to know what corals are found at that depth.

"We were all blown away by this bizarre, flat, living sea floor covered with blue and brown corals and lettuce-like green algae,"

Steve

[Coldwater]

It's pretty cool. I just heard about it on the news today. I wonder what it would be like to keep a reef of things from there. It would probally only cost like a kaffillion dollars for a fish. Imagine scuba diving there!

Matt

[Tarolisol]

Yes i see it says blue and brown coral but what type of corals are these blue and brown corals. Coral is a very vague term.

[Quinn]

It may be common knowledge, but I read somewhere the other day that the majority of coral species are from cold- or deep-water (I can't remember which, but either way I thought it was interesting). This may include all the cnidaria, however.

There are a fair number of links to deep-water corals on Google.