Florida's Coral Reef stretches from the Dry Tortugas to St. Lucie Outlet. It's also important to Florida. A large part of our fishing industry survives on fish that breed and grow in the coral reef.

During Coral Reef Awareness Week, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) marks 30 years of monitoring ...

Florida coral reef: Will fishing council let rock shrimp nets drag the rare Oculina Bank? The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for ...

These fish are thought to live to be as old as 37 years, according to FWC. Their preferred habitat changes during the lifespan, from coastal mangrove systems to reefs.

The U.S. ornamental fish market was worth $1.68 billion in 2024, according to a report from Grand View Research—and $172 million in Florida alone. By 2030, that amount is estimated to rise to $2 ...

In new studies, scientists found that the spotted lobster doesn’t just live on Florida’s coral reefs, it protects them – eating coral predators and repelling them with urine.

Florida’s corals are in trouble. Whether from disease, pollution, increasing user pressures, heat-induced bleaching or other climate-related stressors, the near 360-mile stretch of coral reef is ...