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A sunken World War II medical facility ship off the coast of Albania has actually brought in both intrusive devil firefish and unusual Mediterranean monk seals, leading scientists to weigh the dangers and advantages of these wrecks for regional communities.
The ship, called the Po, sank off Vlora Bay in 1941 after being struck by a torpedo from a British Fairey Swordfish airplane throughout the Greco-Italian War, among the disputes within World War II. It is now serving as a synthetic reef, with over 80% of its surface area brimming with marine life, scientists reported July 27 in the journal Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability
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