Sentences with phrase «many pelagic fish»

Like other pelagic fishes (those that live in the open sea or in surface waters), many sharks travel far and wide.

In some areas their diet seems to have adapted to include squid, shrimp, and various fish, such as schooling pelagic fish, halibut, and redfish.

There is already evidence that many coral reef fish and pelagic fish, like tuna, have moved in response to warmer ocean waters.

But Richard Pyle, a researcher at Hawaii's Bishop Museum, said he and other scientists have concluded that the ecological interconnectedess of the region — including the fish larvae that are dispersed on currents, and the sharks and other pelagic fish that travel vast distances — extends beyond federal waters.

Expansion of oxygen minimum zones may reduce available habitat for tropical pelagic fishes.

«The area still has healthy shark populations, and released reef or pelagic fish will simply be fast food for sharks,» he cautions.

It is one of the few places on Earth where large pelagic fishes (tuna, billfish and sharks) have not yet been severely depleted.

Marine Biologist Boris Worm of Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, brings the story full circle, as technological advances have made pelagic fishing ruthlessly efficient.

Great for pelagic fish life, fans, soft and hard corals and reef fish.

As well as big pelagic fish, this dive site is a resounding favorite due to its unusual natural scenery.

Southern Queensland has a dive landscape of wreck - based artificial reefs, giant pelagic fish and rock shelf havens stretching from the Fraser Coast (home to Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island), south to the Gold Coast.

Highlights: Apart from the stunning beaches, you are also bound to see large schools of pelagic fish like barracuda and groupers.

Surrounding the island are cold, nutrient - rich waters that sustain a diverse web of marine life, including pelagic fish, a variety of marine mammals, and extensive kelp forests.

This place is known for its underwater canyons, corals, drift dives and pelagic fish watching.

Thresher sharks and molas are both pelagic fish so for them being so close together might not be that abnormal at all.

Stunning sheer walls covered in soft corals and fans, combined with pelagic fish action make this region a diver's paradise.

Fishing Charters in Hilo, Kona & Kawaihae to catch pelagic fish including Ono (Wahoo), Mahi Mahi (Dorado) and Ahi (Yellow Fin Tuna).

The beautiful waters of the Whitsundays is abundant with marine life and this provides the angler with the opportunity to catch many varieties of fish such as Giant Trevally, Queen Fish, Mackerel, Golden Trevally, Cobia and other pelagic fish.

The Silk Cayes are post card perfect islands on the barrier reef where there are often sightings of turtles, sharks, rays, eels and a wide range of reef and pelagic fish.

Trolling is used to catch pelagic fish such as mackerel and kingfish.

Here you could be casting lures for barramundi in the morning, and then chasing schools of pelagic fish such as mackerel, tuna, trevally and queenfish in the afternoon.

Know before you go: the sanctuary also has a network of Marine Protected Areas with 11 marine reserves that prohibit all fishing activities, and two marine conservation areas that allow limited take of lobster and pelagic fish.

It is not all sessile stuff when diving at Taveuni however, as the nutrient rich waters also promise plenty of pelagic fish species.

The result is extremely rich marine bio diversity and during certain times of the year large pelagic fish such as manta rays & whale sharks visit the reefs.

The result is rich underwater life and during certain times of the year large pelagic fish (manta / whale sharks) visit the reefs.

In the crystal clear conditions of the Aliwal Shoal dive sites, you'll be dazzled by schools of pelagic fish, manta's, rays and much more.

From sharks like the Mako, Tiger, Hammerhead, Bull, Dusky and Ragged Tooth to schools of reef and pelagic fish, you'll be almost constantly surrounded by swarming fish, manta's and rays.

Not many places in the world promise such encounters with large pelagic fish, sharks and rays.

The wrecks act as magnets and home for sea life and are usually the best dive sites for spotting Hawaiian Stingray, Eagle rays, White tip Reef Sharks and pelagic fish.

There are large pelagic fish; schooling barracudas; tropical fish in every variety; turtles; guaranteed sharks; hard corals; soft corals; and fan corals.

Tiger Sharks are much less common, but there is an abundance of reef and pelagic fish to keep the adrenaline pumping.

After witnessing the parade of hammerhead sharks as well as other meaty pelagic fish, not to mention the smaller activity on the reef wall, you will return the boat full of excitement and looking forward to the excited breakfast chatter.

Its waters are visited by pelagic fish such as Zambezi (bull) sharks, rainbow runners, and eagle rays.

The Elbow is probably the best known site here where the ocean current sweeps over the deep reef attracting schools of pelagic fish.

You can see several turtle species and many pelagic fish such as trevally, barracuda and tuna.

Visibility is typically 100 feet and large schools of pelagic fish such as dog snappers, horse - eye jacks, permit and Atlantic spadefish aggregate here.

Further afield, there is heart - pounding adventure diving on reefs and seamounts along the coast where masses of large pelagic fish congregate.

When the current's right exhilarating blue water, fish soup diving with explosions of fusiliers, trevallies, sharks and other pelagic fish will leave you mesmerized for hours.

The Gulf Stream current draws a massive migration of pelagic fish every spring and summer.

Stunning coral growth on the reef, very good fish life, but don't forget to look out in the blue as we often spot pelagic fish passing by.

Big Game pelagic fish such as tuna and wahoo are gathered at these locations in enormous schools and normally produce multiple catches for the day.

We can see everything from sharks, pelagics fishes, mantas and dolphins to pygmy seahorses, blue ringed octopus and frogfishes but the most impressive with Komodo diving is the amount of fishes on every dive sites and the massive amount of healthy and colourful corals

The result is a unique marine life comprised of coldwater pelagic fish mingling with tropical ones in some of the most southern coral reefs.

The next few days are spent exploring Osprey Reef, a bountiful, remote reef that offers divers large schools of pelagic fish, plenty of sharks, 1,000 m drop offs and amazing visibility.

But there are other attractive dive sites such as pinnacles with enormous groups of schooling pyramid butterflyfish, triggerfish and pelagic fishes such as tunas passing through, spectacular hard coral reefs next to the volcano, and great muck dives with lots of mandarinfish in the local jetty.

At only 25 minutes by dhoni from the island we have Miyaru Kandu, famous for its beautiful drop - off from which it is possible to observe large amounts of sharks and other pelagic fishes.

Unlike some other tropical vacation destinations, this area is extremely close to the deeper channels where anglers can troll for pelagic fish.

The Nusa Lembongan currents also attract pelagic fish so keep an eye out in the deep blue for them and sunfish.

Diving at the island points, where currents bring in water from the deep, it's possible to encounter pelagic fish.

The deeper currents of the Gulf Stream draw an ample amount of deepwater pelagic fish close to the reef in order to hunt for the many feeder fish that inhabit this region.