The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures ...

Scientists looking at Hawaii’s Honaunau Bay found that without the fish, sea urchins are thriving. ... Back in the 1980s, reefs in Hawaii grew about 33 pounds per 10 square feet each year.

Healthy Hawaiian reefs in the 1980s showed growth rates of around 15 kilograms per square meter annually. In 2023, the same reef in Hōnaunau Bay is producing just 0.5 kg/m²/year , a sign that ...

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Synodus autumnus, or the autumn lizardfish (Iroha-eso in Japanese), derives its name from its warm-toned coloration, reminiscent of the time when leaves turn orange, yellow and red in the fall, also ...

Cleaner fish and reef health. One hardworking fish is the cleaning goby, a pinky-sized fish with a boldly colored stripe running along its length.

For each site, the duo counted and sized all the fish they could see in areas sometimes bigger than a basketball court, a process they’d repeat up to 10 times per reef.

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Larval fish disperse from reefs in protected areas to unprotected reefs, providing replenishment. Rene Abesamis, one of Alcala’s colleagues at Silliman, has studied the process in Dauin’s MPAs.