Tenerife’s Most Wanted

31 January 2009

The Canarian Institute of Marine Sciences has recently contacted all local dive centres to help in a project investigating the impact of escapees from fish farms. In particular they are interested in Gilt Head Sea Bream and European Sea Bass and have asked us to report sightings to them. Both species were introduced to the area via aquaculture and there is concern that they may be damaging the marine ecosystem and threatening some local species. So our divers will hear about this in the dive brief, and of course our advice will be to approach with caution!