The family Serranidae, the sea basses (not to be confused with a certain film character portrayed by Cam Neely), is a diverse assemblage of fishes ranging in size from tank-busting “bruisers” to diminutive species that are well suited to life…
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Fragments of Hope Belize, now offering Ecological Tours
Fragments of Hope is a successful coral restoration project located inside the Laughing Bird Caye National Park Belize. In an effort to promote their sustainable mission and help support coral replenishment work, Fragments of Hope is now offer ecological tours…
Acropora palmata, the majestic and endangered elkhorn coral
Acropora palmata, the Elkhorn Coral, is the quintessential Caribbean Coral Reef species. This species was once so abundant that entire regions of the reef were called the ‘Palmata Zone’ and it was important to know where the palmata zones were,…
珊瑚恢复在蓬迦南,多米尼加共和国c
For over a decade the Puntacana Foundation has been safeguarding the future of Dominican reefs with an underwater Coral Restoration nursery. Beneath the waves thousands of staghorn coral fragments grow on custom built frames before they are harvested in a effort to repopulate the…
Reefbuilders Travelogue: Corals of the Dominican Republic
After spending last weekend at the Reef-A-Palooza Orlando show we decided to hop on a plane and check out some Caribbean corals in the Dominican Republic. We travelled from the capital city of Santo Domingo around the coast to Punta…
Diving with ScubaCaribe Dominican Republic
We are back from a quick five day trip to the Dominican Republic where we visited three different diving locations around the island. Our second stop of the trip was in Punta Cana where we had the opportunity to dive the Rondana dive site with…
Dive La Caleta, Dominican Republic
在多米尼加Repu La萨是一个国家公园blic about 20 kilometers from the capitol city of Santo Domingo. The Park is opposite the Las American International Airport and is the first underwater park in the Dominican Republic. The…
Dominican Reef, a community for Santo Domingo Reefers
This week we will be traveling through the Dominican Republic documenting Caribbean corals and visiting reef projects around the island. Yesterday we had the opportunity to meet with Jhon H. Morató who runs @Dominican Reef, a reef shop in the…
Fragments of Hope, Coral Reef Restoration in Belize
Fragments of Hope, is a coral reef restoration project in Belize and is one of the Caribbean’s most successful reef restoration projects with over 60,000 coral fragments planted to date on three different reefs sites/cayes. The project focuses on restoring…
New Decodon hogfish collected in Dominica
The Curasub responsible for so many new discoveries and new species in Curacao is on the move. As part of the Smithsonian Deep Reef Observation Project (DROP), a team of researchers and the Curasub are currently in Dominica, to do…