Category Archives: Caribbean

Cayman Islands Journalist on Front Line of Coral Reef Health

Posted on 24 January 2019 by Ret Talbot

  Joe Avary is a reporter with with Cayman 27 in the Cayman Islands, and we’ve been in touch since my Yale Environment 360 story that mentioned coral disease at a popular Grand Cayman dive site published earlier this month. … Continue reading →

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NOAA Lists 20 Corals as Threatened Under Endangered Species Act

Posted on 28 August 2014 by Ret Talbot

Yesterday the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) delivered a final rule listing seven species of corals indigenous to Caribbean waters and 13 species of corals from the Indo-Pacific under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). … Continue reading →

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