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  • Schools of fish including grunts, snappers and chubs swim along a coral reef in the marine protected area of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Bahamas
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  • Two Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) battle for territory in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, a Marine Protected Area, Bahamas
    20170718EX_034.jpg
  • Marine Biologist Alannah Vellacott takes a moment to film an adult Nassau grouper while doing coral surveys. Marine parks, like this one in The Exuma Cays, give heavily fished species a chance to live out their lifecycle.
    Observation
  • The reefs in Cuba's protected Gardens of the Queen are as healthy as they come in the Caribbean. Large predators like this Nassau grouper are a dead giveaway of a healthy ecosystem.
    NassauGrouperOnReef.jpg
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) feeding on the algae growing on seagrass (Thalassia testudinum). Image made in Exuma, Bahamas.
    20171129-DSC_1787.jpg
  • What will the future hole for the Nassau grouper? It's up to us.
    20170212GOTQ0201.jpg
  • A coral covered wall with a Caribbean reef shark in the Background.
    TheWall
  • Black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) on coral reef in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170212GOTQ0252.jpg
  • A hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) on a coral reef in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
    20170214GOTQ0195.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) patrolling a coral reef filled with schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus) and other fish. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba
    20170216GOTQ0757.jpg
  • Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) off Jardines de la Reina (Gardens of the Queen National Park), Cuba
    20170215GOTQ0207.jpg
  • A hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) on a coral reef in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
    20170214GOTQ0200.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swimming over pristine coral reef in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170216GOTQ0425.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swimming over pristine coral reef in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170212GOTQ0000.jpg
  • A large black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Bahamas.
    20170719EX_393.jpg
  • Dive Center owner Jose E Rafols Sallaberry shows off the fishing line he has recently collected from dive sites. A lack of protected areas and enforcement has lead to some areas and species being overfished.
    Gross_PuertoRico021.jpg
  • Mangroves in Alligator Creek, Cat Island. Alligator Creek is a proposed Marine Protected Area as part of  the Bahamas Protected initiative to set aside 20% of near shore areas as marine managed areas by the year 2020.
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  • In Cuba's Gardens of the Queen, a marine protected area, American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) feed among the seagrass and mangroves on fish and small mammals called hutia. The two habitats are connected and needed for life at all levels from small grazing animals all the way to top predators.
    Up The Food Web.jpg
  • Lemon shark pups (Negaprion brevirostris) spend the first 5-8 years of their life in mangrove forests. The tangle of roots provides protection from predators like large sharks and is full of potential prey like juvenile fish and crabs. Lemon sharks are the first species of shark proven to practice natal philopatry where the mother will return to the same area she was born in to give birth. Mangroves are being lost at unsustainable rates thanks to coastal development. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_09_27LemonShark789.jpg
  • Lemon shark pups (Negaprion brevirostris) spend the first 5-8 years of their life in mangrove forests. The tangle of roots provides protection from predators like large sharks and is full of potential prey like juvenile fish and crabs. Lemon sharks are the first species of shark proven to practice natal philopatry where the mother will return to the same area she was born in to give birth. Mangroves are being lost at unsustainable rates thanks to coastal development. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_05_16_HI1122.jpg
  • Lemon shark pups (Negaprion brevirostris) spend the first 5-8 years of their life in mangrove forests. The tangle of roots provides protection from predators like large sharks and is full of potential prey like juvenile fish and crabs. Lemon sharks are the first species of shark proven to practice natal philopatry where the mother will return to the same area she was born in to give birth. Mangroves are being lost at unsustainable rates thanks to coastal development. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_05_16_HI1048.jpg
  • Researchers Ian Bouyoucos and Cam Raguse test whether a lemon shark pup (Negaprion brevirostris) had been previously tagged at the Cape Eleuthera Insitute in The Bahamas. Lemon shark pups spend the first 5-8 years of their life in mangrove forests. The tangle of roots provides protection from predators like large sharks and is full of potential prey like juvenile fish and crabs. Lemon sharks are the first species of shark proven to practice natal philopatry where the mother will return to the same area she was born in to give birth. Mangroves are being lost at unsustainable rates thanks to coastal development.
    2015_09_09_CEI308.jpg
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) laying eggs in the protection of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park. Marine Protected Areas may be the best hope for a sustainable future for conch.
    Eggs
  • A Critically Endangered hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swims through a coral reef crevasse. Hawksbills eat coral sponges and, therefore, depend on healthy reefs for their survival. In this area known as the Gardens of the Queen in Cuba, is a well-protected Marine Sanctuary and one of the last places in the Caribbean to have healthy reefs.
    Reef Silhouette
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