Oceana | Protecting the World's Oceans

I was going through Oceana’s photo database when I came across these little beauties and was amazed by how cute and awesome they look at the same time. There isn’t very much information available on this type of fish, but I was able to track some down.

I was going through Oceana’s photo database when I came across these little beauties and was amazed by how cute and awesome they look at the same time. There isn’t very much information available on this type of fish, but I was able to track some down.

The Baltic Sea has the oddly contradictory record of being a frontrunner both in good and bad – on one hand it holds the unfortunate record of being one of the most polluted seas in the world, but on the other, countries in the region have ambitious political plans for its restoration which, if implemented, could put it on the path to recovery. The Helsinki Convention (HELCOM) has been setting environmental targets for the restoration of this sea for almost 40 years already.

We thought it was high time to bring back a Friday tradition we started a while ago, to introduce our readers to some interesting sea creatures. This week, we are featuring the spiny sea star (Marthaasterias glacialis).