As well as serving valuable biodiversity conservation roles, functioning no-take fishery
reserves protect a portion of the fishery stock as insurance against future overfishing. So …

A substantial shift toward use of marine protected areas (MPAs) for conservation and
fisheries management is currently underway. This shift to explicit spatial management …

Reef fish spawning aggregations are attractive and often lucrative to fish but particularly
vulnerable to fishing, with many cases of declines or extirpations. While awareness of the …

Species that periodically and predictably congregate on land or in the sea can be extremely
vulnerable to overexploitation. Many coral reef fishes form spawning aggregations that are …

Reef fish spawning aggregations, ranging from small groups to many tens of thousands of
individuals, are spectacular but poorly known natural phenomena whereby fish assemble at …

Many species of groupers form spawning aggregations, dramatic events where 100s to
1000s of individuals gather annually at specific locations for reproduction. Spawning …

Gladden Spit, a salient reef promontory on the Belize Barrier Reef, is an important fishing
ground for snappers and serves as a multi-species spawning aggregation site for several …

The potential linkages among Cuba and geographically associated northwestern Caribbean
locations were examined through simulated transport of snapper larvae for 5 harvested …

A Nassau grouper spawning aggregation formed in large numbers (eg 1000 to 15000 ind.)
for more than 50 yr at the traditional aggregation site off Mahahual, Quintana Roo, Mexico …

The larvae and newly-settled juveniles of the Cubera Snapper, Lutjanus cyanopterus, are
identified by DNA barcoding. Four larvae and three small juveniles of L. cyanopterus were …