Fishing leaders responded angrily, accusing the group of putting fishermen at risk and doing more damage to marine habitat than the trawlers do.

There's also an indoor marine habitat that serves as home to more than 150 varieties of sea life.

In previous years the school's trip has involved scuba diving and marine habitat exploration.

Facultative marine fungi normally occupy terrestrial or freshwater habitats but are capable of living or even sporulating in a marine habitat.

There was some damage to the underwater marine habitat.