In the western central Atlantic the common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) is harvested within 30 exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and local waters where it provides essential sustenance and sport fishing opportunities ...

Passive acoustic monitoring has been used to study groupers that produce courtship associated sounds (CAS) when they aggregate to spawn. This technique has revealed patterns of sound production during red hind (Epinephelus ...

Since the mid-1980s, two Indo-Pacific lionfishes, Pterois volitans and P. miles, have established a significant presence in the Western North Atlantic, including the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The first documented ...

The relationship between the distribution, abundance, and movement of fishes to the abundance and arrangement of habitats constitutes a fundamental basis for ecosystem-based management. Defining nursery areas, essential ...

Geographic isolation is an important yet underappreciated factor affecting marine reserve performance. Isolation, in combination with other factors, may preclude recruit subsidies, thus slowing recovery when base populations ...

The Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus, has been overfished to commercial extinction, such that many aggregations have diminished or disappeared throughout the Caribbean. Groupers produce sound, and the objective of this ...

The world oceans are deteriorating at a fast pace with obvious effects on coral reefs, in which at least 50% of coral cover has disappeared. Conservation actions, such Marine Protected Areas are being implemented to ...

Effective fisheries management requires a detailed understanding of the life history strategies of managed species. Queen Triggerfish Balistes vetula supports productive fisheries in the western Atlantic, including in ...

Roving herbivorous fishes are an integral part of the biodiversity of coral reefs due to their high abundance and ecological role as grazers of benthic algae. The present study examined the ecology of surgeounfish ...

The queen conch resource continues to support a commercial fishery in Puerto Rico, despite a history of overfishing and low conch densities. The primary goal of this study was to generate density estimates for queen conch ...