Scientists in Mauritius are warning the Indian Ocean island’s ambitious tourism targets will place too much strain on remaining coral. Facing the threats of trade liberalization to its sugar and textile sectors, Mauritius is boosting tourism with a goal of…
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Philippines bans fishing to revive biggest coral reef
The Philippines has tightened laws banning fishing and collecting of species on the country’s largest coral reef to help it recover from near destruction, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature said on Tuesday. The 27,400 hectare Apo Reef off the…
Artificial coral reef in the Red Sea
These days travelers to the Red Sea might be surprised to find a new construction stretching along its seabed. But don’t be too surprised since this is the project by the Israel Nature Parks Authority in which Israel experts and…
New Corals, update to my 75 Gallon Tank
So I placed an order at thecoralbroker.com and got 3 new corals, I received free shipping since my order was over $150, all I had to pay was a $10 box charge. These guys have great customer service and a…
Trying to Save the Coral Reefs
Near the close of the 1960s, a squadron of young scuba divers headed out into the warm waters of the South Pacific, tanks of air strapped to their backs and syringes at the ready. Their mission, one lethal injection at…
Coral Reefs Vanishing Faster Than Rain Forests
Coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans are dying off much quicker than previously thought, a new study shows. For the last two decades, Indo-Pacific reefs have shrunk by 1 percent each year—a loss equivalent to nearly 600 square…
Oil rigs could become coral farms
Decommissioned oil rigs off Australia’s coastline could become hubs for marine-based businesses such as coral harvesting for aquariums, a fish expert says. Professor David Booth, of the Sydney Institute of Marine Science and University of Technology, Sydney, says there are…
Reproduction in Aquarium Corals: What do we know and what do we still have to learn?
By: ANN TARRANT Over the past decade aquarists have made remarkable advances in rearing scleractinian (hard or stony) corals (Siegel 1997). This has been possible as a result of a better understanding of nutrient cycling and improvements in technology, such…
Coral Reef Fish Starve Themselves to Maintain Social Order
Some coral reef fish starve themselves to avoid getting into fights with their larger, dominant neighbors, researchers have found. Emerald coral gobies live in small groups in which social rank is strictly determined by body size. Within each group only…
Who would have thought? Herpes Virus Killing Coral Reefs
Corals get cold sores too. Only, for corals, a herpes virus infection isn’t just annoying. It can be lethal, and it and other diseases are possibly a big factor in the deaths of coral reefs that humans are causing throughout…
