New Film: Bumphead Parrotfish & Logging
News: TNC Film - Bumphead Parrotfish
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How Logging Threatens an Iconic Reef Fish in the Solomon Islands
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) just released a short film about Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) that aggregate for feeding, sleeping and spawning.
This fish is the largest of the parrotfish, reaching over 50 kg in weight and achieving a maximum age of 40 years. Schools of bumphead parrotfish sleep at predicable locations on coral reefs, making this species highly vulnerable to overfishing by night-time spearfishers. A less well known cause of vulnerability is [...]
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) just released a short film about Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) that aggregate for feeding, sleeping and spawning.
This fish is the largest of the parrotfish, reaching over 50 kg in weight and achieving a maximum age of 40 years. Schools of bumphead parrotfish sleep at predicable locations on coral reefs, making this species highly vulnerable to overfishing by night-time spearfishers. A less well known cause of vulnerability is [...]
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