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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CelloMomOnCars ("CelloMom On Cars") wrote:

Offshore wind parks are marine sanctuaries

"Not only do the rough surfaces of turbine monopiles and submarine cables provide new habitats for sponges, corals, anemones and other sessile organisms, but that extra food source allows other creatures to thrive as well.

Fat greenling fish were estimated to be twice as big in the offshore wind zone as out of it; the Korean rockfish was more than three times bigger, as is the predatory Asian rapa whelk."

https://reneweconomy.com.au/offshore-wind-turbines-create-all-you-can-eat-havens-where-some-fish-can-double-in-size/