[thornbackflounder]

Anyone seen the article in the daily mail tuesday about fisherman emptying ther lobster pots and find ing ,several sea horses off selsey area, ..they are now in portsmouth sea life centre,,,,,,they are usually found in the meditrainian

 

[Guest]

Regularly see them here off Dorset.
I have a friend who gets them in his pots all the time.

 

[ChrisP]

There is supposed to be a species resident in the Menai but I have never seen one. They are related to pipefish which have been in plague proportions last year round here.

 

[EUGE]

Hi Ho,,,,,, To all, i also thought they were from the med myself?

 

[Guest]

Hi Ho,,,,,, To all, i also thought they were from the med myself?

Don't quote me, but I think there are a number of species and they are predominantly found in warmer areas, but we do seem to have a some smallish resident populations around the coast.

 

[Guest]

Apparently we have several resident species but some more exotic ones are turning up in our waters more recently.
I found that out at the National Sealife Centre in Birmingham last month while on a long wait for a customer.

 

[Why Worry Angling Charters]

They have been in the Thames Estuary for as long as I can remember.

Ron

 

[thornbackflounder]

There were 27 of selsey bill ,copper coloured,marine experts say this particular type are rare,,,,all to do with the seas warming up apparantly

 

[Captain Spike]

I've seen them while diving around Swanage pier for several years now.

 

[cap'nhaddock]

chidrens books of the sea shore in the 1940/1950s show them as part of normal sealife.