Celebrating Fish Diversity at Tuamotu Archipelago with Living Oceans

Fish Diversity at Tuamotu

Typically each dive site hosts a large diversity of fish and fish schools, including apex predators, such as sharks, groupers, and snappers.

Large groupers are more abundant in the Tuamotus

There were many more fish near channels and on reefs with very high relief and high coral cover. Reefs dominated by fleshy algae, especially the lagoonal reefs, and areas damaged by storms had many fewer fish, but in general still reflected higher fish diversity than in the Society Islands.

Fish Diversity: Schools of fish inhabit the reefs

Though we are not studying fishing pressure on the reefs around French Polynesia, it is apparent that there are fewer fish being caught here due to their larger size, greater abundance and higher fish diversity when compared to the Society Islands.

(Photos by: 1 – 2 Dr. Brian Beck, 3 Serge Andrefouet)

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But safe navigation isn’t only about protecting vessels and the people aboard them. The choices mariners make can also affect the animals and ecosystems beneath and around them.

That connection between maritime safety and ocean conservation is at the heart of this year’s Science Without Borders® Challenge—and of our partnership with this year’s theme sponsor, the International Foundation for Aids to Navigation (IFAN).

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