Gulf council produced a set of pamphlets which highlights basic information about Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed corals from the Gulf of Mexico. You can view the pamphlets by clicking the image below or could download all of them from here. Don’t forget to check our ESA Coral Explorer Application to know where these corals… Continue Reading Endangered Corals from the Gulf of Mexico
Deep-water corals are some of the strangest habitats on earth. These corals live at depths of 1000 feet or more where sunlight doesn’t penetrate and where water temperatures can be near freezing. Traditional coral reefs are mostly made up of stony corals, but in the deep ocean, octocorals, black corals and stony corals all thrive.… Continue Reading Deep-water Coral in the Gulf of Mexico
Gray snappers (Lutjanus griseus aka mangrove snapper) are widely distributed from Florida to Brazil, the Caribbean, and the northern Gulf of Mexico. Juvenile and sub-adult gray snapper require seagrass habitats for nurseries and protection before transitioning into adults. Sudden decreases in access to red snapper (such as the reductions in season length from 2007 to… Continue Reading Gray Snapper Management
