Belize Grouper Culture and Telemetry Project

image$10,000 from Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation

 Principal Investigator

Jacque Carter, Ph.D.
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
University of New England

Project Description

The goals of the project are:

1. To demonstrate the feasibility of augmenting or restoring depleted wild stocks of Nassau groupers (Epinephelus striatus) in Belize with healthy, cultured-reared fish and to document important information on the daily and seasonal movements of habitat use, behavior, survival and growth of cultured fish relative to wild fish.

2. To use quantitative data on size, shape and patterns of movement within the home range to help evaluate the effectiveness of the current marine reserve boundaries for the conservation and protection of Nassau grouper.

Earlier Research

Dr. Carter’s areas of interest have been in coral reef fish ecology, particularly in the field of reproductive behavior and seasonal and daily migratory habits of tropical reef and coastal fishes. Dr. Carter has deployed acoustical telemetry technology in his investigations of Nassau grouper. In addition to these studies, Dr. Carter’s investigations of the population structure of reef community fishes and the role of overfishing have led to the establishment of a series of marine-protected areas throughout the barrier reef of Belize.
    
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