Dive deeper.

Download and read these key publications from Hawaiʻi.

Meet Hawaiʻi’s main coral-reef herbivores.
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The scientific details behind
FISH PONO—Save Our Reefs.
PDF publications from research studies done in Hawai’i:

• Threats to Coral Reefs
  coral bleaching:  Van Hooidonk et al. 2016
  coastal pollution:  La Valle et al. 2019
  reef status: NOAA 2018

• Herbivores as Reef Saviors
  fishes:  Williams et al. 2019
  urchins:  Neilson et al. 2018

• Herbivores Depleted
  spatial patterns:  Friedlander et al. 2018 Stamoulis et al. 2018 Donovan et al. 2023
  stock assessments:  Nadon 2017
  recovery potential:  Gorospe et al. 2018

• Possible Policy Actions to Restore Herbivore Populations (especially if we fishers don’t manage ourselves)
  ecosystem-based approaches: Weijerman et al. 2018
  spatial management approaches: Chung et al. 2019a & Chung et al. 2019b