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The IUCN report points out that addressing localized stressors, like fishing for too many grazing fish and urchins, is crucial to ensuring that coral reefs can survive larger scale threats.
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Article July 7, 2014

UPDATE: Coral and Parrotfish – A Love Story

Since the May 14 release of the Earthjustice video titled Coral and Parrotfish – A Love Story, more than 90,000 people have learned about how parrotfish can be essential players…
video May 14, 2014

Coral and Parrotfish: A Love Story

Go diving, in a video with attorney Andrea Treece as she explores the role parrotfish play in protecting the Caribbean coral reef ecosystem.
Article May 13, 2014

Coral and Parrotfish: The Fight for Recovery

Earthjustice sued the National Marine Fisheries service to better protect coral, and won. The 2013 decision will help protect parrotfish and coral, but only if the National Marine Fisheries Service…
document October 14, 2013

Carribbean Coral Federal District Court Decision

A federal district court has ruled that National Marine Fisheries Service violated the law by allowing fishing for parrotfish and other algae-eating reef fish species without proper monitoring of the…
Press Release October 14, 2013

Court: Federal Government Must Protect Caribbean Coral Reefs

Better monitoring of fisheries required
Article October 14, 2013

Protecting Coral’s Protectors

Meet the butler of coral reefs.
feature August 3, 2012

Dying Reefs

Can our oceans pass the acid test? Despite its remarkable rebound, the Cabo Pulmo reef in the Gulf of California and other coral reefs worldwide face deep peril. Oceans absorb…
document January 30, 2012

Caribbean Reef Fish Complaint 1/30/2012

Lawsuit federal district court seeking greater protections from fishing for threatened coral reefs in the Caribbean.
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Press Release January 30, 2012

Lawsuit Aims to Protect Endangered Caribbean Corals from Overfishing

Elkhorn and staghorn corals need parrotfish to survive