@BigFishInit

#RecoverBigFish and join our campaign to protect fish spawning aggregations in the wider Caribbean!

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#DogSnapper Protect The Spawning to Rebuild the Fishery.
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Life is better… in color! 🌈 When the sea gets too hot, corals expel the tiny algae that feed them and turn white. Bleached isn't dead, yet: if the water cools in time, reefs can recover. Proud to support @coral_org's Coral Bleaching Awareness Month 👉 coralbleaching.com
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NOAA Coral Program@NOAACoralSep 21
Football season is in full swing, and nobody plays defense quite like a coral reef! 🏈🪸 Healthy reef structures dissipate wave energy, acting as a natural buffer that protects shorelines and coastal communities from storm surge. coralreef.noaa.gov/digital-c…
A tropical coastline with the ocean and shallow coral reefs on the left bordered by a city with many tall gray buildings and skyscrapers to the right.

ALT A tropical coastline with the ocean and shallow coral reefs on the left bordered by a city with many tall gray buildings and skyscrapers to the right.

A developed coastline with waves crashing onto rock-like structures in shallow waters.

ALT A developed coastline with waves crashing onto rock-like structures in shallow waters.

An expanse of shallow coral reef in clear, light blue water borders a coastline lined with a road and several buildings.

ALT An expanse of shallow coral reef in clear, light blue water borders a coastline lined with a road and several buildings.

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Pescadores como Angélica, Eloy y Kenny saben cuándo y dónde desovan los peces — ese conocimiento, junto con ciencia y buenas reglas, sostiene una pesquería. Hoy lanzamos #HechoParaDurar, nuestra serie sobre pesquerías resilientes al clima. 🎣🌊
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🌊 A storm hits. One reef collapses, while another comes back to life. That difference isn't luck. It's RESILIENCE. Today we launch #BuiltToLast, a look at the science of climate-resilient fisheries and why the Caribbean's big fish are at the heart of it. 🐟
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The answers: B & D were TRUE. A & C were FALSE. Goliaths aren't fast-growing or short-lived. They take decades to mature and can live 30-50 yrs! They also spawn at the same sites & moons yearly. Extraordinary creatures, but easy to wipe out. Protect their spawning grounds!
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🔍 Four statements about the Atlantic goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara). More than one is true — can you identify which? Swipe through and share your picks. We'll reveal tomorrow.
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🐟The biggest snapper in the sea spends its life alone — until now. Each year, cubera gather by the hundreds to spawn. Let them spawn! May to September in the Greater Caribbean: DON'T fish, buy, sell, or eat cubera. Let the giants make more giants. 🚫🎣📅
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A fishery doesn't collapse when the last fish is caught. It collapses when the next generation stops arriving. 🐟 Groupers & snappers pack an entire year of reproduction into a few days, at a few known sites. Fish that window, you're taking the next generation before it exists
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🐟 The ocean has a budget. Take more than it can make, and the whole system runs short. 🎣🎣🎣 -- @perryinstitute @BigFishInit
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🐟 The answer was C — the Cubera snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus). 🎉 💙 Protect cubera spawning aggregations.🐟 ___ 🐟 La respuesta es la C — el Pargo Cubera (Lutjanus cyanopterus). 🎉 💙 Protege las agregaciones de desove del cubera. 🐟 @belugasmile
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🐟 Can you identify this baby fish? /¿Puedes identificar a este pececito? 👀 A) Pargo prieto / manglero / caballerote (gray/mangrove snapper) B) Mero cherna / cherna criolla (Nassau grouper) C) Pargo cubera / cubera (cubera snapper) Comment below / comenta abajo 👇 @belugasmile
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La temporada de desove de la sama o pargo criollo ya terminó este año. 🎣Pescador@s respetan la veda para seguir pescando el próximo año _ This year's mutton snapper spawning season is over. 🎣Fishers respect the closed season so there's fish next year @belugasmile
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Most fish species are harvested beyond sustainable limits, and aggregating species collapse first. Respect the spawn. ___ La mayoría de las especies se pescan por encima de los límites sostenibles, y las especies que se agregan son las primeras en colapsar. Protege el desove.
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Recovery of big 🐟 populations depends on coordination: from research and local knowledge to stronger fisheries management and sustainable🎣 __ La recuperación de pesquerías depende de coordinación de investigación, conocimiento local, manejo pesquero y 🎣 sostenible @belugasmile
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🐟The answer: B — Dog Snapper🐕. Catching them during their spawning aggregation can wipe out the population in that area. __ 🐟Era la B — Pargo Perro (Jocú) 🐕. Capturarlos durante las agregaciones de desove pueden acabar con poblaciones locales. @belugasmile
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🐟 What fish is this? A) Mutton snapper B) Dog snapper C) Lane snapper Guess Below. 👇 Answers next Tuesday. 🎣 ___ 🐟 ¿Qué pez es este? A) Pargo mulato (mutton) B) Pargo jocú o dientón (perro) C) Rabirrubia / manchego (lane) ¡Adivina! 👇 Respuesta el martes. 🎣 @belugasmile
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🎥 Nuevo reel: "Ningún arrecife es una isla: cómo Cuba alimenta a sus vecinos" 📄 Investigación de Claro, Lindeman, Kough & Paris ___ 🎥 New reel: "No Reef Is an Island: How Cuba Feeds Its Neighbors" 📄 Research by Claro, Lindeman, Kough & Paris @belugasmile
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The world is loud right now — opinions, alerts, outrage. So here's one minute without any of it. No headlines, no hot takes. Just the ocean, breathing. Press play and exhale. 🌊 @belugasmile
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