No-take marine reserves or no-take zones (NTZ) have become an effective tool for restoring marine populations threatened by overfishing by allowing populations to recover from excessive extraction. In 2004, a NTZ was ...

Shelf edge reefs provide valuable habitat to a wide variety of marine organisms. Yet, because of their depth and highly sloping bottom these areas are not understood with respect to fish habitat relationships and even ...

Annual spawning aggregations of red hind, Epinephelus guttatus, form at predictable times and locations, and have historically succumbed to overfishing. Monitoring the status and restoration of aggregations is essential ...

Black grouper, Mycteroperca bonaci, are large protogynous hermaphrodites in the Family Epinephelidae. In the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and South Florida they form transient seasonal spawning aggregations in the winter ...