A new analysis of state and federal monitoring data finds that yellow tang populations on Hawaiʻi reefs failed to recover — and in some cases declined — after commercial aquarium fish collecting ended ...
In the realm of marine biogeography, there is a widely held scientific principle: the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans are ...
The legislation aims to speed up a decades old federal program for oil companies to leave their pipelines and platforms on ...
The deep sea has its own rules, pressures, and challenges. This is why proper preparation matters. Without basic knowledge ...
For decades researchers in northern Norway had tried to bring back vital kelp forests after overfishing damaged marine ...
Divers are essentially tourists who love coral reefs and invest a lot of time and effort to watch them. Unfortunately, divers also cause damage to corals, often unintentionally, through disturbing and ...
Key Largo’s John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the first undersea park in the United States, remains one of the only places in Florida where you can snorkel or scuba dive among truly healthy coral.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced on Friday the successful sinking of a 227-foot abandoned boat off the coast of St. Lucie, to become an artificial coral reef. FWC ...
Floridians are not used to hearing the word "extinct" applied to species that play significant roles in the state's ecological and economic landscape. So last week, when researchers with the National ...
Martin County will sink former smuggling vessel as artificial reef on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Artificial reefs provide 39,000 jobs for Floridians and generates $3.1 billion of economic activity annually.