University of Malta scientists have discovered an area of coral mounds off Marsascala that is 10 times the size of Comino.
Many of the organisms living on these mounds are endangered and protected by international law, but unfortunately, some mounds have already been destroyed by anchors or fishing trawlers.
On Tuesday, Scientists from the Department of Geosciences called on the authorities to urgently declare the seafloor hosting these mounds as a Marine Special Area of Conservation.
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