Sad news to report on corals today – Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease—an infectious, water-borne disease that impacts hard coral species and damages entire reefs—has been found on corals in Dry Tortugas National Park. Until now, Dry Tortugas National Park was the only remaining section of [...]
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The Coral Reef Aquarium Fisheries Campaign's goal is to empower sustainable coral reef aquarium fisheries that support biodiversity conservation, healthy ecosystems, and the livelihoods of fishers, traders, and others that depend on them across the global value chain. In partnership with such [...]
Over recent years the environmentally damaging form of fishing known as bottom trawling, where weighted nets are dragged across the seabed to target bottom dwelling species such as scallops and sand eels, has been the subject of increasing media attention. A Scallop fishing boat (this one [...]
Anyone reading this post will have at least a basic knowledge of coral biology I’d imagine. Many corals host symbiotic algae in their tissues which in return for shelter and useful stuff like carbon dioxide, provide food for the corals. Whilst it is far, far more complicated than that, [...]
We all know that coral skeletons are made from calcium carbonate and that they can dissolve in warm acidic conditions. As the oceans warm and acidify, corals along with other ‘calcifiers’ will find it hard to contribute enough structure to maintain present reefs and the benefits they [...]
Join the Nautilus Exploration Program for its 2020 Expedition as the Corps of Exploration shines new light on little-known regions of the deep sea along the North American West Coast, from British Columbia to Southern California. On August 28,2020, the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) — led by [...]
You may well have seen images of the oil spill that is blighting the reefs and beaches of this lovely island. While the media reports that much of the fuel oil has now been pumped out of MV Wakashio, a great deal has already washed ashore damaging reefs, seagrass meadows, and mangroves. I [...]
