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Is the parrot fish good or bad for coral reefs?

By spotmydive
2017-02-02
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Parrot Fish Can Save Coral Reefs

The coral reefs are in great danger, for half a century, half of them have already disappeared and the rest is battered! Everything is not lost, the coral barriers could be saved by the parrotfish that play the most important role in their development. This multicolored fish is a herbivore, which grazes the algae that invade the corals and asphyxiate them. But this is not all, not only it eliminates killer algae, it also reduces the dead coral hidden in sand, using its jaws. He participates in the maintenance of the reefs by cleaning the corals.

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Intensive Fish Parrot Fishing

Unfortunately parrotfish are threatened by intensive fishing in the Caribbean, so they will likely disappear, causing coral reefs to die within 20 years. It is therefore urgent to act in order to limit the fishing of parrot fish, and thus save the coral reefs.

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  • zinet abdelkader
    2020-05-16

    de plus le poisson perroquet et très dangereux pour l’homme si on le consomme après avoir manger du corail mort car il le nettoie dans son organisme et le fait ressortir propre par voie rectale cela contribue et restaurer le corail…

  • Victoria Lukas
    2020-05-16

    C’est tout le contraire de ce que l’on m’a appris, un instructeur me disait qu’il fallait les réguler car ils détruisent les coraux. Merci pour cette rectification

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