this is too bad

[Lourdes]

to bad this happens...click here

 

[~Flighty~]

That was a nice looking coral. What a waste. 500 years old though? That anoys me. If they are going to talk about environmental damage it only makes them look like liars to put in false info like that. I wish they wouldn't diminish a good message with that.

 

[Lourdes]

http://archive.greenpeace.org/oceans/video/trawling_win.wmv here's an up close look .

 

[ReeferMedic]

What a disgrace........

 

[stang8s]

That was a nice looking coral. What a waste. 500 years old though? That anoys me. If they are going to talk about environmental damage it only makes them look like liars to put in false info like that. I wish they wouldn't diminish a good message with that.

Apparantly that is a reasonable estimate.

http://www.niwa.co.nz/pubs/wa/11-2/ageing

 

[~Flighty~]

The seas around New Zealand support a rich and diverse range of corals. Some deep-sea species ? found to depths of at least 2500 m ? can be incredibly long-lived, with ages ranging from decades to hundreds of years.

I don't think they were trawling at 2500 meters. That would take an awfully long net.

 

[stang8s]

I dunno. I read on another site that they grow an avg of 2CM a year or less.

 

[NateHanson]

The coral in the top-left picture is 300-500 yo by carbon dating. It looks to be the same size as the one in the video. Looks like they've got their dating estimate spot on.