An invasive lionfish at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico. G. P. Schmahl/NOAA, CC BY Brazil’s coastal waters teem with a rich array of species that paint a living ...

New research from UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries suggests that larger reef areas may help protect the Caribbean’s coral reef fish communities from the impacts of ocean warming. “We are ...

Global climate change may contribute to an increase in toxins that poison Caribbean fish and the people who eat the seafood, according to experts meeting this week in the Virgin Islands. Preliminary ...

To its own detriment, the Nassau Grouper is a creature of habit. Large and charismatic, this Caribbean fish travels great distances to mate at specific spawning sites every year. These spawning ...

According to a study from the University of California in Santa Barbara released earlier this year, the Caribbean region has the potential to produce over 34 million metric tons of seafood per annum, ...

My husband and I are crazy about snorkeling and that's all we really want to do on our vacation, but we have never been to the Caribbean and don't know the best places to go. We can't afford a lot so ...

If you eat toxic fish, you'll get the normal bouts of diarrhea and vomiting within six to eight hours of eating your dinner. The emergency doctors at a hospital in St. Thomas know that when a patient ...

Analyzing 48 surveys of Caribbean fish populations over fifty years, from 1955-2007, a new meta-study has found that fish populations in the famously clear waters began to drop in the mid-90s, leading ...

The lionfish is the only fish species ranked among over fishing, bottom trawling, pollution, and climate change as one of the greatest threats to underwater ecosystems. As the first exotic species to ...

There are only so many fish in the sea. And our appetite for seafood has already stressed many wild fisheries to the breaking point. Meanwhile, the planet’s growing population will only further ...

New research from UBC's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries suggests that larger reef areas may help protect the Caribbean's coral reef fish communities from the impacts of ocean warming. "We are ...

New research suggests that larger reef areas may help protect the Caribbean's coral reef fish communities from the impacts of ocean warming. New research from UBC's Institute for the Oceans and ...