{"id":198,"date":"2019-07-29T17:10:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T22:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.gulfcouncil.org\/cp\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:02:29","slug":"hot-topics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portal.gulfcouncil.org\/cp\/hot-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Recent News<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/feature-story\/successful-multi-year-effort-study-deep-sea-corals-and-sponges-southeast-united-states?utm_campaign=2022-02-17+SFN&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Pew&amp;subscriberkey=003U000000HVUiVIAX\">A new collaboration\u00a0initiative by NOAA reveals deep-sea coral discoveries in the Gulf<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reefresilience.org\/managing-for-disturbance\/managing-coral-disease\/stony-coral-tissue-loss-disease\/\">Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) affecting the corals in Gulf of Mexico<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/scientists-just-discovered-a-310-mile-coral-reef-corrid-1836607328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scientists Discover a 310-Mile Coral Reef Corridor in the Gulf of Mexico<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/floridadep.gov\/fco\/coral\/content\/florida-reef-tract-coral-disease-outbreak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">Florida Reef Disease Outbreaks<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sanctuaries.noaa.gov\/news\/aug18\/flower-garden-banks-coral-mortality-symposium.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">Flower garden banks coral mortality symposium<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oceanexplorer.noaa.gov\/expedition\/ex1906\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" boundary=\"true\">Massive new Coral Reef discovered off the coast of South Carolina<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/news\/redtide-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">Red Tide in Florida and Texas<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.miami.edu\/rsmas\/stories\/2019\/05\/over-half-a-million-corals-destroyed-by-port-of-miami-dredging-study-finds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">Dredging caused damage to Florida Coral Reefs<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flowergarden.noaa.gov\/education\/bleaching.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coral Bleaching<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":37} -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" 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