Lorna Dugan
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Israel attacks Gaza in ground offensive
There was a bit of a battle of the deep. We had two contenders for this title this year, the orange roughy and the blobfish.
Global News Podcast
Israel attacks Gaza in ground offensive
Its ascent to the surface has been dizzying, not only from the dark depths to be crowned Fish of the Year 2025. There was a bit of a battle of the deep. We had two deep sea contenders for this title this year, the orange roughy and the blobfish. They've gotten a pretty bad rap because down in the deep, dark ocean where they're perfectly adapted to, they actually look like a normal sort of fish.
Global News Podcast
Israel attacks Gaza in ground offensive
But once you start to bring them to the surface, that increase in pressure and being trawled up in a big net, their skin sloughs off. and their tissue is very jelly-like, and they pretty much disintegrate, unfortunately, once they get to the surface, and they look very sad indeed.
Global News Podcast
Israel attacks Gaza in ground offensive
When we're teaching in schools about marine conservation, the blobfish is one of our examples of a deep-sea, perfectly adapted specimen. But, yeah, the only time that we ever interact with them is when they've been pulled from the depths up to the surface very, very quickly. So they are definitely worse for wear once they hit the surface.