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How Healthy are Mediterranean Rocky Reefs? Intense exploitation over millennia has depleted Mediterranean Sea species from the large to the small. What would a ‘healthy’ Mediterranean...
Coral reef fish ‘help protect jobs’ Jobs, ecotourism and diving industries can benefit from having a diverse supply of weed-eating fish on the world’s coral reefs,...
Scientists say 90% Shark Loss at Populated Pacific Islands Pairs of SCUBA divers towed behind a small boat have been recording shark numbers at both heavily populated Pacific islands...
Tassled Scorpionfish is Creature of the Month The scorpionfish is one of the most venomous fish in the world. Its poison causes severe pain and paralysis. This...
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  • How Healthy are Mediterranean Rocky Reefs?0May 16, 2012

    How Healthy are Mediterranean Rocky Reefs?

    Intense exploitation over millennia has depleted Mediterranean Sea species from the large to the small. What would a ‘healthy’ Mediterranean rocky bottom look like? There are no pristine sites (i.e. undisturbed by humans) left in the Mediterranean against which to compare the health of current ecosystems. SCUBA divers surveyed the rocky reefs throughout the Med, from Morocco to Turkey.

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  • Coral reef fish ‘help protect jobs’0May 9, 2012

    Coral reef fish ‘help protect jobs’

    Jobs, ecotourism and diving industries can benefit from having a diverse supply of weed-eating fish on the world’s coral reefs, scientists say. Despite their small size, relative to the sharks and whales that often get more attention, herbivorous fish play a vital role in maintaining the health of coral reefs, which support the livelihoods of 500 million people worldwide, according to a study published this month in the journal Ecology.

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  • Scientists say 90% Shark Loss at Populated Pacific Islands0May 2, 2012

    Scientists say 90% Shark Loss at Populated Pacific Islands

    Pairs of SCUBA divers towed behind a small boat have been recording shark numbers at both heavily populated Pacific islands and islands away from humans. The numbers show the enormous detrimental effect that humans have on reef sharks, with 90% loss in places. In a study published in the journal Conservation Biology, a team of [...]

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