[Coral-List] SCTLD has reached Bonaire

[William Precht]

I recommend that anyone interested in the facts about SCTLD should look at
the 40 or so peer-reviewed papers published in the Special Research Topic
on SCTLD published by Frontiers in Marine Science.

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/16501/stony-coral-tissue-loss-disease-in-the-caribbean

Cheers,

Bill

On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 9:38 PM Todd Barber via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> It seems somewhat of a knee-jerk reaction, especially since we really don't
> know how SCTLD spreads, but we have some good clues that it's from ballast
> water from ships...not spread by divers.  Although I believe we need to
> protect our reefs, we really should be doing it with real knowledge not
> just overreactions that could have other unintended consequences.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd R Barber
> Chairman, Reef Ball Foundation
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>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 8:42 PM Steve Mussman via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > We recently discussed the closure of a reef in Vietnam to divers in an
> > attempt to reduce stress. They are temporarily closing some reefs in
> > Cozumel as well.
> >
> > Now, Bonaire has closed a popular dive spot (Karpata) in an attempt to
> > contain SCTLD which has just recently been detected there.
> >
> > Any thoughts on the effectiveness of this strategy and what do we know at
> > this point about how the disease spreads?
> >
> > Bonaire has managed to avoid SCTLD up until now.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Steve
> >
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