News about Green Island
Rock climbing on Green Island
Minimal climbing on tilted basalt columns by the ocean. Toproping and bouldering.
Even though some of the rock is solid, there are some very unstable sections.
Particularly be careful if you see a lot of vegetation and dirt. That's probably
all that's holding some of the rocks up!
Giant Coral found on Green Island
Several years ago, Professor Soong Ke-yi of Chungshan University brought to
light the discovery of a 16m-high and 31m-wide coral reef -- the largest ever
seen. The giant bell-shaped coral was discovered by divers in Green Island's Nan-liao
Bay .Since then, the abundance of Taiwan's marine resources have drawn the attention
of the international academic community, divers and ocean lovers from every corner
of the planet.
Oldest Coral
 This
spiral-shaped colony of Cirripathes species acts like a spring which allows it
to withstand surges in the current. At left, perhaps the oldest species found
below 20m, the coral at Nanliao, Green Island is estimated to be around 1,200
years old.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DAI CHANG-FENG
New discoveries!
FOUR NEW FISH SPECIES DISCOVERED IN WATERS OFF GREEN ISLAND 2005/05/26 20:26:51
Taipei, May 26 (CNA) Four new fish species were discovered in deep-sea waters
near scenic Green Island off Taiwan's southeastern coast, a senior researcher
with Academia Sinica, Taiwan's foremost
academic body, said Thursday. Shao Kuang-chao, acting director of Academia Sinica's
Biological
Diversity Study Center, said three American deep-divers from Hawaii dived to a
depth of 80 meters to 90 meters off Green Island May 23-24 to survey fishery resources
in the region. It marked the first time Taiwan and the United States have cooperated
in exploring fishery resources in coral reefs in the area,
Shao said, adding that Academia Sinica helped finance the project.
"According to our initial judgment, the U.S. divers have collected samples
of four new fish species in coral reefs off Green Island, " Shao said, adding
that the team has also recorded seven or eight fish species that had previously
never been collated. The new species include chromis delta and plectranthias winniensis.
Shao said the deep-diving team, headed by Dr. Richard Pyle, an associate researcher
at Bishop Museum in Hawaii, had spotted more than 200 fish species during the
dives and had collected samples of
30-plus genuses in more than 10 families for further study. "We'll cooperate
with the American team in completing an academic paper based on the samples,"
Shao said.
According to Pyle, Green Island boasts a world-class deep-sea environment
and is rich in marine resources. However, he said, the currents are very strong
in the region, making it difficult to collect fish samples. "We spotted many
new fish species but we had a hard time catching any of them," Pyle said.
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