At an event dedicated to the Baltic Sea, researchers from the Latvian Institute of Hydroecology arrived at the Talsi to enrich the life course of the underwater residents seen in the event's video stories and exhibition with their stories. To improve understanding and demonstrate visual insight into the habitats and species diversity of deep sea waters, easily perceptible video stories have been created as part of the project. Video stories provide answers to a variety of questions related to the marine environment, such as why species and habitat diversity are critical to the sustainable development of the sea, and what to do if you've found the round goby with a “red spaghetti” in dorsal fin.

Visitors to the “Baltic deep Sea” photo exhibition will be offered to discover various things in the amazing world of the Baltic Sea. There are not many people who have seen such a view in the Baltic. Maybe just marine explorers and professional divers. The exhibitionintroduces alien invasive species - the Chinese mitten-crab and the round goby, also with boulders overgrown with blue mussel and bay barnacles, butterfish, long-spined bull-rout, flounder, four-horned sculpin, with an underwater oxygen producer pink algae and the promoter of water clarity - mussels and bay barnacles, as well as with the Aurelia aurita, which is the most common jellyfish in the Baltic Sea.

Programme of the event

13:00 - introductory words LIFE REEF project manager Ilze Sabule

• Video stories of the highly protected marine habitat of European Union importance sand banks at sea and rock banks at sea

• Latvian Institute of Hydroecology researcher’s diving experience stories

• Video stories of fish and invasive alien species in the Baltic Sea

• A shared introduction to the characters in the photo showcase

The exhibition at the Museum of Talsi County will be until the end of February.

Photo: Gunta Gabrāne