Chip-shop fish key to seabed health, study finds

Many of the fish we eat play a key role in maintaining the seabed and therefore our climate, according to new research by the University of Exeter.

“Many of the largest and most powerful diggers and disturbers of seabed sediments, like giant skates, halibut and cod, have been so overfished they have all but vanished from our seas.

The Convex Seascape Survey is a five-year partnership between Blue Marine Foundation, the University of Exeter and Convex Group Limited, and aims to build a greater understanding of the ocean in attempts to slow climate change.

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