"Spawning aggregations" refers to a large group of animals coming together in one place to reproduce or lay eggs.
Sentences with «spawning aggregations»
Hand line fishing is also the method of fishing used at fish spawning aggregation sites. (ambergriscaye.com)
Other superlative natural phenomena include the annual coral spawning, migrating whales, nesting turtles, and significant spawning aggregations of many fish species. (whc.unesco.org)
The range is home to a number of important conservation targets which include, but are not limited to, at least 2 marine fish spawning aggregation sites, a breeding population of the endangered American Crocodile, and a number of threatened coastal marine habitats including the greater reef complex itself, beach forests that support several important species of resident and migratory birds and at least 2 species of marine turtles are believed to nest on the range. (blackbirdresort.com)