SCTLD in the Bay Islands?

[Lorenzoid]

Have there been any reports of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) in the Bay Islands?

 

[staggsSevin]

I remember reading this awhile back:

SCTLD | Roatan Marine Park | West End

Coral reefs in the Mesoamerican Reef are in peril due to the spread of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD). This is an unprecedented disease with high

www.roatanmarinepark.org

 

[Lorenzoid]

I remember reading this awhile back:

SCTLD | Roatan Marine Park | West End

Coral reefs in the Mesoamerican Reef are in peril due to the spread of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD). This is an unprecedented disease with high

www.roatanmarinepark.org

Thanks for this information.

It sounds like SCTLD is thoroughly affecting Roatan just as it is other popular Caribbean dive destinations. My friends and I thought Roatan might be a better choice for our next trip than Bonaire, where we have traveled together many times but which is currently imposing precautions such as closing dive sites and requiring disinfection of gear between dives.