Another danger to our reefs
Adding to the negative news spiral we seem to find ourselves in with current events around the world is this months blog about Stony coral tissue loss disease or SCTLD. Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) is the newest threat to our reefs. It is a disease which is spreading at a fast rate and affecting 20 different species of hard corals in the Caribbean. Hard or Stony corals grow very slowly and generally live for a long time. They are corals that build our reefs. Scientist believe it is a bacterial pathogen that is spreading either by contact or through waterways. Unfortunately it kills corals fast, within weeks to a month for a colony. Needless so say this could have devastating effects on our corals, reefs, marine life, tourism, economy… Luckily not all is lost and divers, dive shops, scientist are working around the clock to try to stop this disease from spreading, including us and the other dive operators in the BVI. Red marks have co...