Aaron, thank you for your candor regarding this situation. I can not imagine how difficult this was for you to report as I am sure many people in the Keys are concerned for not only their livelihood but for the environment overall. I did not know that bleaching does not necessarily mean the coral is dead. Thank you for being the beautiful souls that you, Madeline and CWC are.Blessings and live to you all!!! 🙏💙🙏😇🙏💙🙏🌍🙏🌐🙏🐬🙏🐠🙏🦀🙏
As a coral biologist in a former life you did well in your description of bleaching. It’s hard for coral to recover from bleaching but coral is easily transplanted and new colonies can be grown given the right water quality . In my experience the fish recover slower than the corals when these reefs suffer. Coral seem to be hardier and have a stronger will to live if you will than the fish. The coral need those fish to keep the reef free from algae. No fish no coral. Just an observation.
Sent this to a buddy of mine who is an expert and works with the coral restoration project. He also watches your channel. Thanks for bringing some awareness to your viewers on the situation.
Nature is beautiful and disappointing. I'm in Tennessee in the woods an see alot people miss an love every minute . Here one day gone the next . Very sad but the rejuvenation cycle is something we can't understand unless we let it happen naturally. Prayers for you guys down there in the beautiful area. God Bless be safe an enjoy what God has given us every day! Respect!!
Love your content. I live in Miami and have been spear fishing while free diving the reefs up here since the late 70's. The nothern part of Elliot Key mile marker 19 has been showing signs of bleaching since diving these waters. I didin't know what I was seeing back then but because of your video I now know.
the plant in Homestead near that is proven leaking.. it started up in 1967 it says. Oh look, it all matches what i learned as a kid there... the lobsters in the carved out cut to turkeyp0int contain bigger lobsters says the locals... wonder why 😮
my first reply might be hidden for being too informative... youtube hides the topic and name when i mention it perioidcly here on aboutpage, etc... the plan near elliot key IS leaking and its in peoples teeth like me
turkeypoint leaking 🎯started in three years prior to year you mention.. connect the dots, its been reported in 2016 and prio in sunsentinel ie florida babyteeth project (fort pierce fpl plant as well, proven in teeth in locals)
Yes it is on the news here in KY. Glad you bring real prospective to the situation. Like you said it seems to be do to the water temps and water pollution. Hopefully with storm season in full mode. The storms may bring some relief by pushing colder water from the deep ocean in the Atlantic toward the Keys. No hurricanes though. One day maybe there could be a big project to pump deep cold ocean water toward the keys in the summer months to aid in keeping the water temps a few degrees lower in the warmest months. Which would have a big impact on the coral. However water quality will still effect the coral. Thank you Aaron for showing us the real situation. The news blows it up way acting like its everywhere.
Thank you Aron, I appreciate you explaining I never knew this. Keep it coming, I learned a lot with you, I am very appreciative of you and Madelyn! God bless you!
I normally come down to cudjoe keys for the first week of lobster season but wasn’t able to afford it this year, miss the keys, wish I could live there like you. Keep living my dream, so I can see the keys always.
Wow super content! I know you care about the sea , your workplace and playing ground! Thanks for sharing your concern about these corals. Hope it gets back to normal. We are having insane heat because of that el ninio major front. Keep up the good work. Guess we don't get a clean and cook on corals!🤷♂️🤦♂️🤪😉❤️
Hey Aaron, i was just down there for 9 days and found the same further west past the western dry rock to the Marquesas> a lot of mutton and mangroves. Quite a few bugs there too. Saw Madalyn in Publix, thought it would be awkward to say HEEYY,,LoL be down again in October…nice segment btw!
A lot of coral bleaching events have happened over the years on the reefs is Australia as well as crown of thorns aggregations but the reefs recover in time. There is a lot of media promoting the idea that the reefs of Eastern Australia are in decline but ask any who are travelling, diving and fishing there and in Western Australia and they tell you that they have never seen the reefs so pristine and brimming with life. HOWEVER travel to any island in Australia and the Pacific and the amount of plastic washed up will absolutely blow you away!
nuclear style powering plants leak, also, the waste... in their containers which is in steel aka rusty over time containers... many dumped in ocean and the plant an hour north of this dive is leaking. confirmed
Unfortunately you are wrong about the reefs in Australia. About 85% of what used to be thriving reef is gone. Travelers are now going to the few spots left that have been spared, as there literally isn’t anywhere else with coral left.
@@christophergraham8191 your falling for the hype. I have friends who are based in Brisbane and have been travelling from the Whitsundays to the Coral Sea for decades and that’s not what they are telling me.
Hey, Aaron 👋. The keys are definitely on my bucket list; mostly, due to you! I’d love to overcome my ferocious fear of sharks 🦈 and just dive. So, thanks for caring about the ocean as much as you do. I live up in Boston and could never imagine living without a coast. Hello to Madeleine. 😊
heard the el nino is pretty warm this year and y'all had some record water temps recently like 100 degrees. i'm in san diego and can't imagine that, wow!
I just left Key Largo after a week of shallow water diving, The Staghorn and fire corals(not a true coral) are completely white, the boulder corals are doing much better. Unfortunately all the corals are stressed more so from water quality issues
more proof of it being more near the homestead plant... its leaking and few know about it.. miaminewtimes as well as bigger nytimes did once or twice in 2016... it is in the local waters confirmed since the 90s
Great explanation of the issue, Aaron. My understanding is that it’s been a dry, less-windy-than-normal summer, so the water has been still and cooler offshore water hasn’t been coming in. Hopefully the rain and windier conditions will help and the coral won’t stay in this stressed condition.
Man Aaron bravo on the explanation! 10+ year coral keeper here you explained it extremely well. Temps out 40+ are still not swinging or rising higher to effect em as quickly. In fish tank it’s devastating to watch RTN(rapid tissue narcosis) and knowing there is nothing you can do.
I'll be dating myself, but National Geographic used to put out movies on Jacques Cousteau. He was the first person that introduced me to the life below the waves. Those movies showed some of the most vibrantly alive reefs covered in many different species and colors of coral. One of his last movies (80's ish, I can't remember) was the same reefs and how they had died. Seems we aren't doing much better these days. Thank you for bringing it to our attention Aaron. We can't stop fighting.
Thanks for the info. I’m not sure what it all means. Years ago they said the Great Barrier Reef would be dead in just a few years. The last I heard, it was flourishing. I think heat and cold just comes in cycles. Hopefully this all gets better soon.
If I ever start a CZcams channel my intro will be How Is It Going Boys and Girls…. A A Ron the Mr. Rogersman Waterman!!!! I love it!!!!!! Yewwwwwwwwwwwww
Thx man. Hearing it and knowing the temps will have an impact is one. Seeing it is the confirmation. Some research instittures are really doing their best to find or crossbreed more heat and perhaps more pollution resistance into corals. I live on Curaçao. Down south in the carib. Close to Vzla, Aruba and Bonaire. Here we are also dealing with bleaching, but also have the stoney coral disease. And no they are not high on Jamaican lambswool.
Hopefully the color comes back on the stag horn such a beautiful colored coral. When you find a healed one Aaron, you should Look closely at the branches. The polyps and fluorescent green they put out is amazing
Aloha, and thank you. Been wondering about this lately after recent reporting. Didn’t want to bother you, know you’re busy. Still sad about Lahaina. Take care.
4-20-2010 Heading north back to Melbo from Marathon stuck in traffic on "the strech" when the news hit the radio. Deepwater horizon blew. I new it that day that the Florida keys and east coast as I new since a child would be forever changed. 😪
It's sad to see this. Hopefully they will recover quickly. Like you said, drastic temperature changes and pollution affects the marine life. Every time I'm on the water I find trash. I recently found an 8ft cast net, 25 ft rope, plastic bucket lid, and an aerator all at one time in the water. Luckily no marine life was caught in the net.
Hope things improve and water temps settle. Thanks for the info, all news stories make it look like everywhere there is coral, its dying. Best Wishes to you both. Micky C
A sad but great video Aaron! I’d be interested to see how things change come autumn and winter months. You may not be an expert, but your videos are always true. Thanks for sharing!!!
One correction: the zooxanthellae symbionts are actually ejected by the coral, not the other way around. Sadly the coral reefs of the Keys have long been in a heavily impacted and degraded state, 40 years ago they used to be 100% full of staghorn and elkhorn coral but aside from the planted staghorn you showed I didn't see any here. They're very vulnerable to nutrient pollution from groundwater and poorly treated sewage (also in groundwater)- a bacteria from human waste is lethal to them in particular. So the development of Florida, the installation of zillions of septic tanks and less-treated wastewater, did in the Florida reefs long ago.
In the mid-80s they put in new restrictions on septic tanks and made them a lot safer less runoff unless a big storm puts them under water they keep pushing for everyone to hook up to Municipal sewage systems but a lot of cities on both Coast of Florida AR dumping untreated fluid from their systems because they can't handle it and a lot of pharmaceuticals are ending up in the water an independent scientists say that that is from the city waste not from septic tanks but they also used deep well injection which is something else to think about where that is coming out at
@@randaltotten9358 Unless they redid all the old drainfields and septic tanks, "new regulations" have minimal effects, especially since the elkhorn and staghorn was already mostly gone by the 1980s. ~40% of nutrients in surface waters in the Keys in 1996 for example were found to be from septic systems. GG. Given the porous nature of Florida soils, especially in the Keys, the sewage doesn't need a storm, it just travels through the groundwater right onto the reef. Look up CBS News "Human Bacteria Is Killing Coral", existing treatment options in the Keys are not good enough, although it's improving.
Sad to see 😢I used to go to Looe Key a lot and the difference last time I was there was mind blowing…….. We were inside the buoys and saw two boats anchored up on the reef instead of tying up mooring buoys. We’ve got to do better protecting these beautiful places….
Awesome video. Thanks so much for the update and your knowledge. Checked out some coral heads during mini and the call the heads were bleached in the shallows. Sombrero reeef out of marathon was in great shape but there was signs of bleaching as you got shallower. I didn’t even wear a skin suit this year because it was so hot.
Thanks for doing this. I had no idea it was the at bad. I have worked with coral in the past and this is just unbelievably bad. Bleached coral is pretty close to dead coral. I would say it’s not common for it to come back once it’s completely bleached like that. I keep hearing it can recover, but that’s assuming temperatures come down and stay down for the decades it can take to grow new coral. That isn’t going to happen with temps only going higher every year. What the timeline looks like for reefs like that, if temps stay about the same in the years ti come is this: 1. Most of the coral bleaches and dies. 2. Algae develops heavily on the dead coral 3. Algae recedes and more heat tolerant coral varieties start to fill in, while hard corals that bleach easily disappear permanently. What this does to the fisheries and other marine life, we just don’t know. Many fish depend on the reefs for shelter and food. The Keys and much of the Caribbean are in big trouble.
@@KeyWestWaterman no you didn’t and i only made a non accusatory statement from my research. Thank you for showing us beautiful underwater life from God’s creation. 😊
Saw the same thing this past weekend for opening day. Also, tried out your mini season recipe (garlic lime butter with parmesan panko) it was delicious 🦞 👍
Perhaps you might consider getting in contact with the coral people in the upper keys and have one of them join you on y our boat for an interview. Might make a good informative video. Do I notice something NEW!
Rapid Tissue Necrosis 'RTN' Or Slow Tissue Necrosis 'STN' is the term most Reef Hobbyists call it. You nailed most the points but the only one missing is CO2 absorption of the water causing 'rapid' alkalinity changes which can also trigger TN, CO2 and temperature play a large part in this. Which explains why shallower reefs are more affected than Deepwater which is less likely to fluctuate.
I wonder how much the Saharan dust plume directly affects the ocean temps due to stifling major storm systems. I feel like that may be a major factor in rising temps specifically in the Atlantic.
I haven’t watched this yet but I personally feel by far the number one FIXABLE issue affecting our oceans is single use plastics. The problem is in the usa it doesn’t appear to be a huge problem because we ship our plastics overseas. Yet on asian beaches the plastics are completely out of hand. Every single container we use will essentially never break down and it’ll be ingested into the food chain at some point. I’ve even tried to get islands around me where I live to ban single use plastic imports. Seems to me it would be win win, you get an environmentally friendly eco tourism boost and there isn’t a huge plastic problem that small islands simply can’t deal with. But I get pushback. I guess it’s just profitable for corporations and also from what I can find very annoyingly, companies like coke have deals with the vendors on these islands and if they stop buying the plastic bottles they won’t get the same contract with coke where they get a bunch of perks. It’s a nightmare. We have the “tech” to solve this lol. Here in Thailand we have tons of reusable beverage bottles, it’s cheaper product, it tastes better, it’s better for the environment! The only people that win with plastic are the corporations, and they aim to keep it that way. Idk if u have this issue in key west but would adore a video on it one day because I think we can all agree what we see most at the bottom of the ocean is single use plastics, even if we can’t see them (particles) they are there!
We do have that in the states.. protips, *SanaPackaging* uses recycled ocean plastic into containers as well as now hemp pla which you can use in printers at home for 3dprinting
Hi Aaron, how deep do you see the Staghorn coral? Curious.. Ive been in the Marine aquarium hobby for about 20yrs. I used to grow SPS - Stony corals until my tank sprung a leak anyways. Always been interested in this stuff. The group trying to restore the Staghorn coral in the keys is called "The coral action project" pretty sure. And if you like to dive you can volunteer and help plant corals. Great organization! Please keep us updated. Prayers for the reef ❤
Good to get a view of what it looks like down there. Unfortunately unless the temperature drops significantly enough for each corals respective plankton to return soon the bleached colonies will die within a few weeks
Unfortunately we need to prepare for a lot more issues from the world getting hotter. One thing I heard about coral is that if the temps get too high then the coral species will start growing deeper where they're happier. But that takes a long time. And the shallows end up dead. So hopefully that's correct and the reef animals will migrate to deeper water.
my understanding is staghorn acropora is not native to florida reefs. those transplanted corals were put too shallow for them to match their normal conditions. as a reef hobbyist for over 25 years, most acropora like mid 70s temperatures. So putting them in 80-90 degree water was a death sentence from the start.
People who go under water should show this. Sweet vid! I like this a lot, dude. Not that the big edited great adventures videos are less awesome, but a bigger number of smaller captures may feed our asmr. lol
Bleaching is the expulsion of their photosynthetic algae that produce a sugar the coral animal eats as well as some filter feeding. It's not dead but super duper pissed off! Corals are sessile creative and need consistency. Any deviation is either direction for a short amount of time can be fatal!
Terrestrially there are reliable reports that flora is actually increasing. Which is a bit of a mind bender, but it is definitely good, overall I mean. I wonder if this same pattern could hold true in oceans, where you get warming and the coral may have to “move” but could possibly maintain its populations or even thrive as it warms ie in areas previously too cold for it to inhabit
It’s quite odd how some areas bleach and others don’t, down in the lower islands of the Bahamas (acklands, GI, so forth) where straight up barrier reefs in 1-7 feet of water are thriving with no issue what so ever, every rock is pollinated with coral life. Just me but I feel it’s a mater of industrial pollution of the gulf stream in combination with temp that causes corals to die off. No hate, just a bit observation from the outside.
Hello AAron, Just left Big Coppit Key on friday the 18th after 2 weeks diving for Lobster in Waltz Basin and beyond. Why not talk about the PUNGENT and FILTHY Water quality in the back country from Big Pine Key to Key West.The water North of US 1 is Light Brown in color, No visability and STINKS like a sewer treatment plant. I ran for 3 miles north towards Snipe Key and it was NASTY. ZERO visability and there was a gas on the water that made it extremely difficult to breath thru a snorkel next to the top of the water. I even saw sea turtles splashing out of the water to breath on multiple occasions. I don't know if it was from the decaying sargasso weed or what. I've worked at The blimp site in the 80's and have been going down there every year since I left and "never" have I seen the water quality that bad. Go check it out if you havent seen it. BAAAD
Because it's a video about coral bleaching, my opinion on the water in the back country has to do with the heat as well, lack of rain and wind. stagnant water turns nasty. but who knows I'm no scientist. sucks to see either way.
Absolutely great video Dibs!! I am super curious on which camera that footage was filmed with? Really felt like i was there! Really appreciate the way you show and love the ocean!
Interesting episode. As others have said, would be interesting to see an update a few months later at the same spots. Did you film this with the DJI Action 4? Footage looks great.
Always love the conservation and stewardship side of your channel. Thanks for taking the time to keep us updated !
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Aaron, thank you for your candor regarding this situation. I can not imagine how difficult this was for you to report as I am sure many people in the Keys are concerned for not only their livelihood but for the environment overall. I did not know that bleaching does not necessarily mean the coral is dead. Thank you for being the beautiful souls that you, Madeline and CWC are.Blessings and live to you all!!!
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As a coral biologist in a former life you did well in your description of bleaching. It’s hard for coral to recover from bleaching but coral is easily transplanted and new colonies can be grown given the right water quality . In my experience the fish recover slower than the corals when these reefs suffer. Coral seem to be hardier and have a stronger will to live if you will than the fish. The coral need those fish to keep the reef free from algae. No fish no coral. Just an observation.
thanks for sharing! good info
@@KeyWestWaterman did you get new motors? Who’s boat are you on?
Bringing more awareness of how much we need healthy ocean, water is Life!
Thank you again Aaron 😊
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Good info Aaron, could you give us an update in a few months or so? Thanks.
I will!
Sent this to a buddy of mine who is an expert and works with the coral restoration project. He also watches your channel. Thanks for bringing some awareness to your viewers on the situation.
Key West waterman does not watch the news, you sir are a
smart man. Stay safe and pray for cooler temps😊
happy to share, thanks for tuning in!
😊Your living a good life man. Great gal , boat, experience and drive. Keep up the great work.
im tryin!
Nature is beautiful and disappointing. I'm in Tennessee in the woods an see alot people miss an love every minute . Here one day gone the next . Very sad but the rejuvenation cycle is something we can't understand unless we let it happen naturally. Prayers for you guys down there in the beautiful area. God Bless be safe an enjoy what God has given us every day! Respect!!
isn't the first time and won't be the last! thanks for watching!
Love your content. I live in Miami and have been spear fishing while free diving the reefs up here since the late 70's. The nothern part of Elliot Key mile marker 19 has been showing signs of bleaching since diving these waters. I didin't know what I was seeing back then but because of your video I now know.
the plant in Homestead near that is proven leaking.. it started up in 1967 it says. Oh look, it all matches what i learned as a kid there... the lobsters in the carved out cut to turkeyp0int contain bigger lobsters says the locals... wonder why 😮
my first reply might be hidden for being too informative... youtube hides the topic and name when i mention it perioidcly here on aboutpage, etc... the plan near elliot key IS leaking and its in peoples teeth like me
turkeypoint leaking 🎯started in three years prior to year you mention.. connect the dots, its been reported in 2016 and prio in sunsentinel ie florida babyteeth project (fort pierce fpl plant as well, proven in teeth in locals)
wild!
I love your videos. And this one is my favorite. Thank you for pointing out the bleaching of our reefs. You are a good man.
My pleasure
Badda bing badda boong we’re here for the mid week post
Informative 🤙🏾
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Yes it is on the news here in KY. Glad you bring real prospective to the situation. Like you said it seems to be do to the water temps and water pollution. Hopefully with storm season in full mode. The storms may bring some relief by pushing colder water from the deep ocean in the Atlantic toward the Keys. No hurricanes though. One day maybe there could be a big project to pump deep cold ocean water toward the keys in the summer months to aid in keeping the water temps a few degrees lower in the warmest months. Which would have a big impact on the coral. However water quality will still effect the coral.
Thank you Aaron for showing us the real situation. The news blows it up way acting like its everywhere.
happy to share! thanks so much for watching 🙏
Thank you Aron, I appreciate you explaining I never knew this.
Keep it coming, I learned a lot with you, I am very appreciative of you and Madelyn! God bless you!
love to hear that, thanks so much
Those new motors are gorgeous
Haha love em!
The Cameras view is spot on...!
"CLEAN" 10-4
TNX 4 VID LOL
love it!
New motors look great!
thank you!
You are lucky to have the opportunity to see cool things like that
Not a cool thing really. Pretty horrible actually.
When that happens it a bad
lucky is a funny word!
Good info, thanks Aaron. If we, don't start taking better care of our oceans, we may not be here too much longer.
thanks for watching!
I normally come down to cudjoe keys for the first week of lobster season but wasn’t able to afford it this year, miss the keys, wish I could live there like you. Keep living my dream, so I can see the keys always.
we are tryin! thanks for watching 🙏
Wow super content! I know you care about the sea , your workplace and playing ground! Thanks for sharing your concern about these corals. Hope it gets back to normal. We are having insane heat because of that el ninio major front. Keep up the good work. Guess we don't get a clean and cook on corals!🤷♂️🤦♂️🤪😉❤️
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Tell us all about those shiny new, white motors you got there!! Haha. Love the videos man!
Haha soon!
Pretty new Mercs!!! Hate to see coral struggling after years of conservation efforts.
very sad
Cycles of Bleaching come and go. Heartbreaking to see when it Comes, and Recovery is Wonderful
To See, a Fully Healthy
Ecosystem thriving.
I believe it! it will bounce back
New Coral on top of old coral. Life
yup
Thanks for a real view of what’s goin on at different depths, sad to see but hopefully this video brings more awareness to it.
happy to share
Hey Aaron, i was just down there for 9 days and found the same further west past the western dry rock to the Marquesas> a lot of mutton and mangroves. Quite a few bugs there too. Saw Madalyn in Publix, thought it would be awkward to say HEEYY,,LoL be down again in October…nice segment btw!
so sad to see! haha she's used to it by now im sure.
A lot of coral bleaching events have happened over the years on the reefs is Australia as well as crown of thorns aggregations but the reefs recover in time. There is a lot of media promoting the idea that the reefs of Eastern Australia are in decline but ask any who are travelling, diving and fishing there and in Western Australia and they tell you that they have never seen the reefs so pristine and brimming with life. HOWEVER travel to any island in Australia and the Pacific and the amount of plastic washed up will absolutely blow you away!
leave it up to the media! plastics are def another topic and huge issue.
nuclear style powering plants leak, also, the waste... in their containers which is in steel aka rusty over time containers... many dumped in ocean and the plant an hour north of this dive is leaking. confirmed
Unfortunately you are wrong about the reefs in Australia. About 85% of what used to be thriving reef is gone. Travelers are now going to the few spots left that have been spared, as there literally isn’t anywhere else with coral left.
@@christophergraham8191 your falling for the hype. I have friends who are based in Brisbane and have been travelling from the Whitsundays to the Coral Sea for decades and that’s not what they are telling me.
I was just at Sand Key and the bleaching was horrible. Very sad.
Just found your channel - great vids! Thank you for the info.
Such a bummer! Thanks for watching!
Hey, Aaron 👋. The keys are definitely on my bucket list; mostly, due to you! I’d love to overcome my ferocious fear of sharks 🦈 and just dive. So, thanks for caring about the ocean as much as you do. I live up in Boston and could never imagine living without a coast. Hello to Madeleine. 😊
haha you won't regret it!
heard the el nino is pretty warm this year and y'all had some record water temps recently like 100 degrees. i'm in san diego and can't imagine that, wow!
yea its been pretty warm!
I just left Key Largo after a week of shallow water diving, The Staghorn and fire corals(not a true coral) are completely white, the boulder corals are doing much better. Unfortunately all the corals are stressed more so from water quality issues
very sad!
more proof of it being more near the homestead plant... its leaking and few know about it.. miaminewtimes as well as bigger nytimes did once or twice in 2016... it is in the local waters confirmed since the 90s
Great explanation of the issue, Aaron. My understanding is that it’s been a dry, less-windy-than-normal summer, so the water has been still and cooler offshore water hasn’t been coming in. Hopefully the rain and windier conditions will help and the coral won’t stay in this stressed condition.
hopefully!
Man Aaron bravo on the explanation! 10+ year coral keeper here you explained it extremely well. Temps out 40+ are still not swinging or rising higher to effect em as quickly. In fish tank it’s devastating to watch RTN(rapid tissue narcosis) and knowing there is nothing you can do.
very sad, thanks for tuning in 🙏
I'll be dating myself, but National Geographic used to put out movies on Jacques Cousteau. He was the first person that introduced me to the life below the waves. Those movies showed some of the most vibrantly alive reefs covered in many different species and colors of coral. One of his last movies (80's ish, I can't remember) was the same reefs and how they had died. Seems we aren't doing much better these days. Thank you for bringing it to our attention Aaron. We can't stop fighting.
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Thanks for the info. I’m not sure what it all means. Years ago they said the Great Barrier Reef would be dead in just a few years. The last I heard, it was flourishing. I think heat and cold just comes in cycles. Hopefully this all gets better soon.
yea its all cycles i'm sure, but sad to see either way!
@@KeyWestWaterman i completely agree, it does look sad.
Don’t know where you get your info. No reefs are thriving.
It not going to stop in your lifetime or your kids life time. Don’t look up.
If I ever start a CZcams channel my intro will be How Is It Going Boys and Girls…. A A Ron the Mr. Rogersman Waterman!!!! I love it!!!!!! Yewwwwwwwwwwwww
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Hello guys beautiful and two much clean the water keep safe and God bless 🙏🙏🙏
thanks for watching!
Thx man. Hearing it and knowing the temps will have an impact is one. Seeing it is the confirmation.
Some research instittures are really doing their best to find or crossbreed more heat and perhaps more pollution resistance into corals. I live on Curaçao. Down south in the carib. Close to Vzla, Aruba and Bonaire.
Here we are also dealing with bleaching, but also have the stoney coral disease. And no they are not high on Jamaican lambswool.
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Hopefully the color comes back on the stag horn such a beautiful colored coral. When you find a healed one Aaron, you should Look closely at the branches. The polyps and fluorescent green they put out is amazing
I've seen them! awesome corals they are
Thanks for the visual of the conditions 😢.
I'd also like to say you can call us boys & girls, we're flattered. Keep filming we'll keep watching.
haha I appreciate that!
Sad to see, but hopefully it will bounce back quickly. Those coral 'reseeding' programs do work.
hopefully!
Aloha, and thank you. Been wondering about this lately after recent reporting. Didn’t want to bother you, know you’re busy. Still sad about Lahaina. Take care.
🙏 and very sad I just saw
4-20-2010 Heading north back to Melbo from Marathon stuck in traffic on "the strech" when the news hit the radio. Deepwater horizon blew. I new it that day that the Florida keys and east coast as I new since a child would be forever changed. 😪
I'm no expert but I don't think it's related.
It's sad to see this. Hopefully they will recover quickly. Like you said, drastic temperature changes and pollution affects the marine life. Every time I'm on the water I find trash. I recently found an 8ft cast net, 25 ft rope, plastic bucket lid, and an aerator all at one time in the water. Luckily no marine life was caught in the net.
so sad.
Hope things improve and water temps settle.
Thanks for the info, all news stories make it look like everywhere there is coral, its dying.
Best Wishes to you both.
Micky C
hopefully!
A sad but great video Aaron! I’d be interested to see how things change come autumn and winter months. You may not be an expert, but your videos are always true.
Thanks for sharing!!!
thanks for watching!
Dude it Thursday ❤❤❤❤ BONUS week!!!!!!!!
P.S. love saying word hunter vs fisher.. lolol❤ peace
haha thank you!
One correction: the zooxanthellae symbionts are actually ejected by the coral, not the other way around.
Sadly the coral reefs of the Keys have long been in a heavily impacted and degraded state, 40 years ago they used to be 100% full of staghorn and elkhorn coral but aside from the planted staghorn you showed I didn't see any here. They're very vulnerable to nutrient pollution from groundwater and poorly treated sewage (also in groundwater)- a bacteria from human waste is lethal to them in particular. So the development of Florida, the installation of zillions of septic tanks and less-treated wastewater, did in the Florida reefs long ago.
thanks for the info!
In the mid-80s they put in new restrictions on septic tanks and made them a lot safer less runoff unless a big storm puts them under water they keep pushing for everyone to hook up to Municipal sewage systems but a lot of cities on both Coast of Florida AR dumping untreated fluid from their systems because they can't handle it and a lot of pharmaceuticals are ending up in the water an independent scientists say that that is from the city waste not from septic tanks but they also used deep well injection which is something else to think about where that is coming out at
@@randaltotten9358 Unless they redid all the old drainfields and septic tanks, "new regulations" have minimal effects, especially since the elkhorn and staghorn was already mostly gone by the 1980s.
~40% of nutrients in surface waters in the Keys in 1996 for example were found to be from septic systems. GG.
Given the porous nature of Florida soils, especially in the Keys, the sewage doesn't need a storm, it just travels through the groundwater right onto the reef. Look up CBS News "Human Bacteria Is Killing Coral", existing treatment options in the Keys are not good enough, although it's improving.
Love the new camera
I’m assuming this is the new unit..
Thanks for doing what u do & your approach
it is! thank you!
Sad to see 😢I used to go to Looe Key a lot and the difference last time I was there was mind blowing…….. We were inside the buoys and saw two boats anchored up on the reef instead of tying up mooring buoys. We’ve got to do better protecting these beautiful places….
Wow that is crazy . We need some cooler weather for sure .
hopefully!
Just snorkeled looe key, a lot of bleaching on it. Water temps were 92. Great video thanks
thanks for watching
You might not be an expert, but your opinion on the "coral bleaching" phenomenon is abiut as expert and spot-on as any.
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We will be there in September, hope we can meet you In person love all your videos!
Love to hear it! 🙏🏻
I has definitely been a very hot summer this year. Maybe it will get cooler soon and save the coral.
hopefully soon!
good morning guys
morning!
Thank you for your explanation. Hope it raises awareness
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Awesome video. Thanks so much for the update and your knowledge. Checked out some coral heads during mini and the call the heads were bleached in the shallows. Sombrero reeef out of marathon was in great shape but there was signs of bleaching as you got shallower. I didn’t even wear a skin suit this year because it was so hot.
yea its be crazy hot!
That sucks thanks for the info!👍
thanks for watching!
Loving the bonus episodes 👀
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Thanks for doing this. I had no idea it was the at bad.
I have worked with coral in the past and this is just unbelievably bad. Bleached coral is pretty close to dead coral. I would say it’s not common for it to come back once it’s completely bleached like that.
I keep hearing it can recover, but that’s assuming temperatures come down and stay down for the decades it can take to grow new coral. That isn’t going to happen with temps only going higher every year.
What the timeline looks like for reefs like that, if temps stay about the same in the years ti come is this:
1. Most of the coral bleaches and dies.
2. Algae develops heavily on the dead coral
3. Algae recedes and more heat tolerant coral varieties start to fill in, while hard corals that bleach easily disappear permanently.
What this does to the fisheries and other marine life, we just don’t know. Many fish depend on the reefs for shelter and food.
The Keys and much of the Caribbean are in big trouble.
very sad to see! only can hope it some how changes or bounces back.
Coral bleaching is a natural process.
I didn't say it wasn't
@@KeyWestWaterman no you didn’t and i only made a non accusatory statement from my research. Thank you for showing us beautiful underwater life from God’s creation. 😊
Thanks Aaron for the info. Think you could do a video sometime about your charter boat? The Gheenoe videos were cool.
I've done one in the past, did a walk through on it
@@KeyWestWaterman I'll look it up
A wonderful informative on the ocean corals🌊🌀🌧🏝🏞 🪸😮thanks Aaron🤟💯✨️ 🌏🌎🌍
thanks for watching!
Saw the same thing this past weekend for opening day. Also, tried out your mini season recipe (garlic lime butter with parmesan panko) it was delicious 🦞 👍
love to hear it!
Perhaps you might consider getting in contact with the coral people in the upper keys and have one of them join you on y our boat for an interview. Might make a good informative video. Do I notice something NEW!
haha you did
Air laut bersih cuacanya cerah menambah indahnya kebersamaan
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thanks for watching
Rapid Tissue Necrosis 'RTN' Or Slow Tissue Necrosis 'STN' is the term most Reef Hobbyists call it. You nailed most the points but the only one missing is CO2 absorption of the water causing 'rapid' alkalinity changes which can also trigger TN, CO2 and temperature play a large part in this. Which explains why shallower reefs are more affected than Deepwater which is less likely to fluctuate.
thanks for the info!
I wonder how much the Saharan dust plume directly affects the ocean temps due to stifling major storm systems. I feel like that may be a major factor in rising temps specifically in the Atlantic.
Hard to say!
Nice new Power!
Indeed!
I haven’t watched this yet but I personally feel by far the number one FIXABLE issue affecting our oceans is single use plastics. The problem is in the usa it doesn’t appear to be a huge problem because we ship our plastics overseas. Yet on asian beaches the plastics are completely out of hand. Every single container we use will essentially never break down and it’ll be ingested into the food chain at some point. I’ve even tried to get islands around me where I live to ban single use plastic imports. Seems to me it would be win win, you get an environmentally friendly eco tourism boost and there isn’t a huge plastic problem that small islands simply can’t deal with. But I get pushback. I guess it’s just profitable for corporations and also from what I can find very annoyingly, companies like coke have deals with the vendors on these islands and if they stop buying the plastic bottles they won’t get the same contract with coke where they get a bunch of perks. It’s a nightmare. We have the “tech” to solve this lol. Here in Thailand we have tons of reusable beverage bottles, it’s cheaper product, it tastes better, it’s better for the environment! The only people that win with plastic are the corporations, and they aim to keep it that way. Idk if u have this issue in key west but would adore a video on it one day because I think we can all agree what we see most at the bottom of the ocean is single use plastics, even if we can’t see them (particles) they are there!
thanks for sharing!
We do have that in the states.. protips, *SanaPackaging* uses recycled ocean plastic into containers as well as now hemp pla which you can use in printers at home for 3dprinting
didnt know the bleaching was going on..thanks for all you do..really enjoy....
Thanks for watching!
Hello ms Madeline good to see you on the boat
thanks for watching!
Hi Aaron, how deep do you see the Staghorn coral? Curious..
Ive been in the Marine aquarium hobby for about 20yrs. I used to grow SPS - Stony corals until my tank sprung a leak anyways. Always been interested in this stuff. The group trying to restore the Staghorn coral in the keys is called "The coral action project" pretty sure. And if you like to dive you can volunteer and help plant corals. Great organization!
Please keep us updated. Prayers for the reef ❤
most of the gardens they planted are around 20-30 ft, I have a few spots of natural stag horn in around 40-50. thanks for the info!
Good video 📹 Sir
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Good to get a view of what it looks like down there. Unfortunately unless the temperature drops significantly enough for each corals respective plankton to return soon the bleached colonies will die within a few weeks
yea hopefully it drops soon!
Thanks Dude!
thanks for watching!
Thanks for showing this video.
You bet!
Thank you😎🇺🇸✌️the corals that looked like a fan are fan coral
yup!
Great info,I never knew about this
thanks for watching
@@KeyWestWaterman sure thing
Great video! Thanks.
You bet!
We want a video on the new mercurys!
lol when I get a sec!
Thanks bro
thanks for watching!
Remember warm Temps bring new islands❤
perhaps!
Unfortunately we need to prepare for a lot more issues from the world getting hotter. One thing I heard about coral is that if the temps get too high then the coral species will start growing deeper where they're happier. But that takes a long time. And the shallows end up dead. So hopefully that's correct and the reef animals will migrate to deeper water.
nature is resilient thats for sure!
Thanks for the update! Hopefully it improves
I hope so too!
my understanding is staghorn acropora is not native to florida reefs. those transplanted corals were put too shallow for them to match their normal conditions. as a reef hobbyist for over 25 years, most acropora like mid 70s temperatures. So putting them in 80-90 degree water was a death sentence from the start.
Idk enough about it. I have some spots that are natural staghorn sites down here. I believe they are mostly in 40/50 ft or so.
People who go under water should show this. Sweet vid! I like this a lot, dude. Not that the big edited great adventures videos are less awesome, but a bigger number of smaller captures may feed our asmr. lol
thanks for watching!
Bleaching is the expulsion of their photosynthetic algae that produce a sugar the coral animal eats as well as some filter feeding. It's not dead but super duper pissed off! Corals are sessile creative and need consistency. Any deviation is either direction for a short amount of time can be fatal!
thanks for the info!
Terrestrially there are reliable reports that flora is actually increasing. Which is a bit of a mind bender, but it is definitely good, overall I mean. I wonder if this same pattern could hold true in oceans, where you get warming and the coral may have to “move” but could possibly maintain its populations or even thrive as it warms ie in areas previously too cold for it to inhabit
we shall see!
Nature is extremely adaptive.
Very educational.
Thank you 🤙
thanks for watching
Great video Aaron! Temperature ‘s here in south Florida have been brutal this summer. Do I spy a new boat?!?
def has been hot! and just new motors.
@@KeyWestWaterman You upgraded from the 200’s??
Looks like your motors bleached too… 😉
haha right
It’s quite odd how some areas bleach and others don’t, down in the lower islands of the Bahamas (acklands, GI, so forth) where straight up barrier reefs in 1-7 feet of water are thriving with no issue what so ever, every rock is pollinated with coral life. Just me but I feel it’s a mater of industrial pollution of the gulf stream in combination with temp that causes corals to die off. No hate, just a bit observation from the outside.
yea I think theres alot more variables than just one. its really hard to say for sure.
Hello AAron, Just left Big Coppit Key on friday the 18th after 2 weeks diving for Lobster in Waltz Basin and beyond. Why not talk about the PUNGENT and FILTHY Water quality in the back country from Big Pine Key to Key West.The water North of US 1 is Light Brown in color, No visability and STINKS like a sewer treatment plant. I ran for 3 miles north towards Snipe Key and it was NASTY. ZERO visability and there was a gas on the water that made it extremely difficult to breath thru a snorkel next to the top of the water. I even saw sea turtles splashing out of the water to breath on multiple occasions. I don't know if it was from the decaying sargasso weed or what. I've worked at The blimp site in the 80's and have been going down there every year since I left and "never" have I seen the water quality that bad. Go check it out if you havent seen it. BAAAD
Because it's a video about coral bleaching, my opinion on the water in the back country has to do with the heat as well, lack of rain and wind. stagnant water turns nasty. but who knows I'm no scientist. sucks to see either way.
Absolutely great video Dibs!! I am super curious on which camera that footage was filmed with? Really felt like i was there! Really appreciate the way you show and love the ocean!
dji Osmo Action 4, takes unbelievable footage
Interesting episode. As others have said, would be interesting to see an update a few months later at the same spots. Did you film this with the DJI Action 4? Footage looks great.
I will follow up! and yea I did, love that camera!
Okay, why am I being Mooned at the 1:49ish mark in the video 😮 😂
lol
Aaron, did you get new motors?
I did
Currents and Food, Also
yup!
Sad to see this happening. Thx for sharing. Hey did u change your engines?
very sad! and I did