Thor - Ivar Guldberg of the World Wide Fund for Nature in Norway says the waters off Runde are also
an important spawning area for commercial fish species, including herring and cod.
Impacts to wildlife in Haverstraw Bay, one of the most
important spawning areas and nurseries for fish throughout the Hudson River Estuary and the Atlantic Coast.
Not exact matches
The offshore marine habitat was long known as an
important breeding
area for the commercially valuable Queen Conch, as well as a seasonal
spawning bank for Nassau and Yellowfin Groupers, and a variety of other species.
Covering a part of the reef, a shallow
area, a beach and a mangrove
area, Hol Chan («little channel» in Maya) was declared a national marine reserve in 1987, thereby protecting its abundant marine life and making it an
important spawning ground.
The
area serves as a vitally
important migratory corridor and
spawning habitat for several species of salmon and feeding
area for a large number of brown bears.
It achieved this status primarily due to it having an astounding coral reef and it being a
spawning area for an
important fishery species, the pelagic plectropomus grouper.