Wonders of life under the sea revealed

Each spring, thousands of super-dads migrate across the sea to the Marine Protected Area off the coast of Worthing and Littlehampton in one of nature’s most spectacular events – the trouble is, almost no one knows about it.

All that is about to change, as the Marine Conservation Society will tomorrow launch its Kingmere Marine Conservation Zone website, www.kingmeremcz.uk.

Anew interactive exhibition, Worthing’s Superdads of the Sea, opened at Colonnade House in Worthing on Tuesday. This explores the underwater nursery run by a fatherly fish, the black sea bream, tells the story of the spectacular breeding migrationtothekingmerereef, shows all the other amazing marine wildlife that lives there andrevealsthepeoplefromthe area who use and love the reef.

Alice Tebb, agents for change co-ordinator, said: “The exhibition will show for thefirsttimeincrediblephotos and film from the 2018 black breambreedingseason,images capturedbyateamofvolunteer photographers who went out to explore the Kingmere reef.

“The website also introduces some of the local people who have a strong connection to the site, including fishermen, divers and anglers, and tells the story of why they treasure the precious Kingmere Marine Conservation Zone.”

Alicesaystheexhibitionwill immerse people in stunning images and film of the black bream dads, who build nests and guard the eggs, as well as Kingmere’s fragile chalk reefs, sharks, lobsters, crabs, Ross corals,multi-colouredseaslugs and a whole host of amazing marine life that live right on the doorstep.