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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
  • 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
    20170717EX_487.jpg
  • 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
  • American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in seagrass bed. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170216GOTQ0844.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) with a fishing hook left in her mouth. Image made in The Bahamas.
    2014_10_08TB463.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
  • Black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) on coral reef in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170212GOTQ0252.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
  • Thick tail of an American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170216GOTQ0854.jpg
  • A hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) on a coral reef in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
    20170214GOTQ0195.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
  • American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)  and gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus) in shallow seagrass meadow. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170216GOTQ0871.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
  • American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) underwater. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170216GOTQ0880.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
  • Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) is a main reef building coral which protects coastlines from large waves is now a critically endangered species. Image made off Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_08_13HI116.jpg
  • Mangroves, like these off Parguera, Puerto Rico, are the best known defense against large storm surge. Protecting them protects communities from hurricanes. Parguera was one of the few places that faired relatively well against the double hurricanes of 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico016.jpg
  • Mangroves, like these off Parguera, Puerto Rico, are the best known defense against large storm surge. Protecting them protects communities from hurricanes. Parguera was one of the few places that faired relatively well against the double hurricanes of 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico016.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_HI0973.jpg
  • Heriberto Martir from the University of Puerto Rico's "Vida Marina" inspects his work. Wooden steaks from discarded pallets placed in a matrix change wind patterns to build up sand dunes along the north coast of Puerto Rico. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management and ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. This project aims to restore sand dunes for coastal protection during storms, nesting sea turtles and other benefits. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico045.jpg
  • Heriberto Martir from the University of Puerto Rico's "Vida Marina" inspects his work. Wooden steaks from discarded pallets placed in a matrix change wind patterns to build up sand dunes along the north coast of Puerto Rico. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management and ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. This project aims to restore sand dunes for coastal protection during storms, nesting sea turtles and other benefits. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico045.jpg
  • Deans Blue Hole on Long Island, Bahamas is a world-famous freediving site due to it's relative protection from the winds, easy access and, of course, extreme depth. Two days before this image was taken a new world-record was set here.
    20180719-501_6021-Pano.jpg
  • Silversides hide in mangroves for protection in The Bahamas.
    2016_03_23_HI088.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_HI1299.jpg
  • Heriberto Martir from the University of Puerto Rico's "Vida Marina" inspects his work. Wooden steaks from discarded pallets placed in a matrix change wind patterns to build up sand dunes along the north coast of Puerto Rico. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management and ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. This project aims to restore sand dunes for coastal protection during storms, nesting sea turtles and other benefits. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico044.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_HI0106.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_HI0952.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_HI0855.jpg
  • Heriberto Martir (right) and Luis D. Amayo from the University of Puerto Rico's Vida Marina program construct a walkway to help built up the sand dunes for coastal protection and nesting sea turtles. As people walk over the same part of a sand dune it wears away the dune creating weaknesses for large waves to break through. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management, ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico046.jpg
  • Luis D. Amayo from the University of Puerto Rico's Vida Marina program constructs an elevated walkway to help built up the sand dunes for coastal protection and nesting sea turtles along the north coast of Puerto Rico. As people walk over the same part of a sand dune it wears away the dune creating weaknesses for large waves to break through. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management, ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico047.jpg
  • Heriberto Martir (right) and Luis D. Amayo from the University of Puerto Rico's Vida Marina program construct a walkway to help built up the sand dunes for coastal protection and nesting sea turtles. As people walk over the same part of a sand dune it wears away the dune creating weaknesses for large waves to break through. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management, ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico046.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_HI0908.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_02_22HI725.jpg
  • Dramatic underwater scene of red mangroves and the morning light pouring through.
    20170121HI052.jpg
  • Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) habitat with shoal of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus), Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20200706-500_1892.jpg
  • A tourist walks through a mangrove boardwalk off La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Mangroves are not only the best known defence against storm surge, they are also beautiful and, when done right, can be a sustainable tourist attraction.
    Gross_PuertoRico014.jpg
  • Mangroves hold sediments and can form barrier islands like these off Parguera, Puerto Rico, one of the few areas that faired well during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico011.jpg
  • Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) habitat with shoal of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus), Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20200706-500_1959.jpg
  • Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) propagules, the "seeds", become fully mature plants before dropping off the parent tree to drift away and establish a new tree. Image made in The Bahamas.
    20200706-500_1881.jpg
  • A grey snapper fish (Lutjanus griseus) hunting silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) among red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) roots, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20200709-500_2269.jpg
  • Mangroves hold sediments and can form barrier islands like these off Parguera, Puerto Rico, one of the few areas that faired well during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico011.jpg
  • A tourist walks through a mangrove boardwalk off La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Mangroves are not only the best known defence against storm surge, they are also beautiful and, when done right, can be a sustainable tourist attraction.
    Gross_PuertoRico014.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.
    20180716-500_7422.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
  • Gumball machines filled with fish food line a tourist dock in Parguera, Puerto Rico, to feed the protected tarpon fish. This area of Puerto Rico was one of the least hit during the double hurricanes of 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico042.jpg
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) using her single foot to walk along the seabad. Queen conch have eyes on the ends of stalks, a mouth at the end of a tube and a single foot - all protected by a shell that is harder than concrete. Image made in The Bahamas.
    The Amazing Queen Conch.jpg
  • Gumball machines filled with fish food line a tourist dock in Parguera, Puerto Rico, to feed the protected tarpon fish. This area of Puerto Rico was one of the least hit during the double hurricanes of 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico043.jpg
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) using her single foot to walk along the seabad. Queen conch have eyes on the ends of stalks, a mouth at the end of a tube and a single foot - all protected by a shell that is harder than concrete. Image made in The Bahamas.
    2015_12_17HI398.jpg
  • Gumball machines filled with fish food line a tourist dock in Parguera, Puerto Rico, to feed the protected tarpon fish. This area of Puerto Rico was one of the least hit during the double hurricanes of 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico042.jpg
  • Ciénaga de Zapata National Park is a fully protected ecosystem on Cuba's mainland. Here a cenote shows off her eerie beauty.
    20180518-500_3670web.jpg
  • Tourist revenue helps to keep the Gardens of the Queen Marine Park protected, but Cubans are smart to not let too many people in. Only about a thousand divers a year visit the park.
    20170213GOTQ0668.jpg
  • 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
  • The queen conch is the national food of The Bahamas and important culturally and economically, but are overfished. Despite conch being protected under CITES (convention on the international trade in endangered species) they are still sold as souvenirs in the international terminal of a Bahamian airport.
    2016_06_21NassauAirport042.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1187.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1690.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1533.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1726.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1707.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1461.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1119.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1676.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1611.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1600.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1700.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1166.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1712.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1576.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1609.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1590.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1435.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1328.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1199.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1189.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1633.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1606.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1618.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1242.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1472.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. The fish will use the stinging tentacles of the jelly for both food and protection.
    20220630-500_1255.jpg
  • Queen conch off Harbour Island in the Bahamas. Conch are the national food of the Bahamas. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated. Conch are the national food of the Bahamas. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated.
    BahamasConchFishery02.jpg
  • A plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) boiled to death on the shores of Vancouver Island. The victim of a heat wave (a recent study concluded it would have been almost impossible without human-made climate change) that coincided with extremely low tides in the middle of the day. The fish come into the intertidal zone to mate, spawn and protect their eggs.
    20210628-DSC_7337.jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) eating a plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus) fish as they come into the intertidal zone to spawn and protect their eggs. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210628-501_0887.jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) hunting for plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus) fish as they come into the intertidal zone to spawn and protect their eggs. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210628-501_0939.jpg
  • Where humans go, so to does trash. A mangrove island off Parguera, which helped protect the area during the 2017 double hurricanes, is also a popular party stop for tourists.
    Gross_PuertoRico013.jpg
  • A fisherman's cage is pulled up by researchers. It is illegal to fish for Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) December - February in the Bahamas when this image was taken. Lack of enforcement is a common issue in Bahamian fisheries. The scientists tagged and released the fish. It is part of an ongoing study to learn about the amazing phenomenon known as the grouper spawning aggregation. During the winter full moons the normally solitary grouper gather en masse to spawn at certain locations throughout the Caribbean and are especially vulnerable to over-fishing. Learning about these aggregations is of major importance to protect and manage the economically and culturally important fishery for these critically endangered fish.
    2016_12_13LongIslandBH590.jpg
  • A plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) boiled to death on the shores of Vancouver Island. The victim of a heat wave (a recent study concluded it would have been almost impossible without human-made climate change) that coincided with extremely low tides in the middle of the day. The fish come into the intertidal zone to mate, spawn and protect their eggs.
    20210628-DSC_7349.jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) hunting for plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus) fish as they come into the intertidal zone to spawn and protect their eggs. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210628-501_0937.jpg
  • During the winter full moons the normally solitary Nassau grouper gather en masse to spawn at certain locations throughout the Caribbean. Learning about these aggregations is of major importance to protect and manage the economically and culturally important fishery for these critically endangered fish.
    Spawning Aggregation
  • A plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) boiled to death on the shores of Vancouver Island. The victim of a heat wave (a recent study concluded it would have been almost impossible without human-made climate change) that coincided with extremely low tides in the middle of the day. The fish come into the intertidal zone to mate, spawn and protect their eggs.
    20210628-DSC_7336.jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) hunting for plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus) fish as they come into the intertidal zone to spawn and protect their eggs. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210628-501_0940.jpg
  • A fisherman's cage is pulled up by researchers. It is illegal to fish for Nassau grouper December - February in the Bahamas when this image was taken. Lack of enforcement is a common theme in Bahamian fisheries management. The scientists tagged and released the fish. It is part of an ongoing study to learn about the amazing phenomenon known as the grouper spawning aggregation. During the winter full moons the normally solitary grouper gather en masse to spawn at certain locations throughout the Caribbean and are especially vulnerable to over-fishing. Learning about these aggregations is of major importance to protect and manage the economically and culturally important fishery for these endangered fish.
    2016_12_13LongIslandBH590.jpg
  • A massive seawall is built to protect superyachts in a seagrass meadow.
    20190301-DJI_0712sm.jpg
  • A baby lemon shark swimming in the protection provided by mangroves. Lemon sharks depend on mangroves for the survival of the first 5-8 years of their lives. Mangroves are disappearing throughout the world and the fate of the lemon shark is left in the balance. We need to get proper protections for the world's mangroves and then enforce them.
    LemonsAndMangroves02.jpg
  • A Greenpeace ship crew member holds a sign reading "Protect Our Oceans" in front of the ship Esperanza.
    20190731-500_4508.jpg
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