The speed of coral death increases alarmingly if colonies are flooded with polluted rather than “clean“ sediments, an international team of researchers writing in a prestigious scientific journal has found.

Jobs, livelihoods and ecotourism industries can benefit from having a diverse supply of weed-eating fish on the world’s coral reefs, marine researchers say.

SUVA, Fiji (April 19, 2012)—A new analysis by the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the University of Western Australia concluded that in 2010, shark-related diving contributed US$42.2 million to the economy of Fiji. The shark-diving industry generated at least an additional US$4 million...