Disko Fan

To protect the biodiversity of the area, which is an overwintering habitat for narwhal and a home for unique species of cold-water coral.

All forms of bottom-contact fishing are prohibited.

The conservation area functions as an overwintering habitat for narwhal, which are important to many Inuit communities for cultural and economic purposes and as a food source. Other marine animals, such as sperm whales and northern bottlenose whales, also use the area. Concentrations of large gorgonian corals, including large tracts of globally unique, high-density bamboo corals, also call this area home. These species are fragile and ecologically important, and provide habitat for many other marine species such as fish and invertebrates.