Category Archives: SCTLD

Videos of healthy fringing reef at Vauxhall, Barbados 2015 to early 2023

Posted on August 19, 2025 by admin

In the early months of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2025, I had the good fortune to spend a lot of time snorkelling on the fringing reef at Vauxhall, Barbados, camera in hand. Up until early … Continue reading →

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“Corals in danger, coastal protection chief warns” – Barbados Today 17Apr2024

Posted on April 19, 2024 by David Patriquin

“Barbados’ coral reefs are in serious trouble, even as officials try to restore their health and protect them from a deadly heat wave that has decimated them worldwide. “Director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU) Leo Brewster said his … Continue reading →

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Brain corals at Bath on Barbados east coast appear free of disease 31Mar2024

Posted on March 31, 2024 by David Patriquin

With the collaboration of Dr. Elon Cadogan of CORALL Barbados, on Mar 28, 2024, I made a brief visit to Bath around the Low Tide when wave action is minimal and underwater visibility highest. One objective I had was to … Continue reading →

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Healthy Pillar Coral colony on Vauxhall Reef 23Mar2024

Posted on March 23, 2024 by David Patriquin

It’s a rare day when I spend time at Vauxhall Reef and don’t find “something new” or get an especially good photo of a species I have been chasing for a while. Today’s (Mar 22, 2024) find was an entirely … Continue reading →

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First diseased P.clivosa on Reef Flat at Vauxhall observed 10Mar2024

Posted on March 11, 2024 by David Patriquin

Large mounds of Pseudodiploria clivosa are common on the Reef Flat and Diploria-Palytoa zones at Vauxhall and can assume some quite striking, even majestic, forms. I had not seen diseased Pseudodiploria clivosa amongst these big specimens at Vauxhall until I … Continue reading →

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AGRRA confirms presence of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in Barbados 10May2023

Posted on May 8, 2023 by admin

UPDATE 30 May, 2023: McGill students release their final report: Occurrence of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease on Vauxhall Reef and a Breakwater in the Folkstone Marine Protected Area of Barbados (28.7 MB) —————– “Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is … Continue reading →

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