Sentences with phrase «spawning aggregation at»

«After spending the last two years tagging Nassau grouper in The Bahamas during their full moon aggregations, we documented the likely extirpation of an important spawning aggregation at High Cay, a small island off the east coast of Andros in The Bahamas, which had most likely existed for decades,» said Dr. Chuck Knapp, vice president of conservation research at Shedd Aquarium.

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Large numbers of these shells are often found scattered along the shoreline at the end of spawning aggregations.

Groupers and other fish often spawn together in coral reefs at depths between 30 and 150 meters in the Caribbean, and these aggregations may make them easy pickings for predators.

Conserving spawning aggregations not only conserves the large reproductive individuals that sustain the population, but, according to our study, ensures the success of their larvae,» said lead co-author Megan Donahue, an associate professor of marine biology at the University of Hawaii and member of the «Pretty Darn Good» Control Working Group at NIMBioS who helped produce the study.

Hand line fishing is also the method of fishing used at fish spawning aggregation sites.

At Turneffe, the Elbow is a magnificent wall that sees a number of fish spawning aggregations.

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.