Topic: Nassau grouper
Shark bites photographer off Little Cayman
A diver filming the aggregation of Nassau groupers off Little Cayman was bitten by a shark and treated for non-life-threatening wounds.
Students to get front-seat row for Nassau grouper spawning
Early in February, following the full moon, thousands of endangered Nassau groupers will gather to spawn at a site in Little Cayman, and local students will get to see it happening live.
Modern technology helps protect Nassau grouper ‘maternity wards’
Evolving technology over the past quarter of a century has helped marine scientists monitor and manage Nassau grouper's spawning grounds in Cayman.
Since 2001, Cayman's...
Lack of spawning groupers leaves scientists baffled
Grouper Moon Project scientists monitoring the annual spawning of the endangered Nassau grouper on Little Cayman have encountered a mystery this year - the groupers haven't shown up.
Open wide: Grouper at cleaning station
Dive instructor and underwater photographer Craig Wiger snapped this incredible image of a Nassau grouper at a cleaning station, with its mouth and gills so wide open you can see the sea though the back of the fish's head.
Parrotfish, Nassau groupers on the rebound on Little Cayman reefs
Parrotfish and Nassau groupers are returning in growing numbers to the reefs of Little Cayman, according to the latest underwater survey to gauge the health of the islands’ coral reefs and the size of its fish population.
Grouper Moon spawning to be broadcast live
Every year, during a winter full moon, thousands of groupers gather together to spawn in a stunning underwater phenomenon.
Nassau grouper restrictions to continue
Even though Cayman’s Nassau grouper numbers are increasing, government restrictions on catching the fish will continue.
EDITORIAL — Getting serious about resource preservation
More than a third of all marine mammals around the world; more than 40% of amphibian species. The prospect is — or ought to be — unthinkable.
Nature’s dangerous decline: 1 million species facing extinction
A new United Nations report highlighting the devastating impact of humans on the natural world should serve as an urgent ‘wake-up call’ to policymakers in the Cayman Islands and across the globe, according to a host of environmental officials, researchers and non-profits.
Grouper Moon project rises again
The Department of Environment is keeping a close watch on the endangered Nassau grouper.
Department of Environment reminds public not to poach
The Department of Environment has asked the public to pay close attention to open and closed seasons for a variety of marine species in Cayman’s waters. The seasons have been put in place as a means of ensuring the long-term sustainability of Cayman’s marine resources
Researchers keep tabs on grouper sites
The numbers of Nassau grouper seen at protected spawning sites around the Cayman Islands are slowly increasing, according to researchers working on an ongoing monitoring project.
