The Fisheries Department - Belize has confirmed that the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease is now present in the central Belize reef region, and it may have extended to Goff's Caye.

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is a new lethal disease first reported in Florida in 2014. The cause of the disease is unknown but it is affecting >30 species of corals especially brain, pillar, star, and starlet corals. The disease spreads quickly causing high coral mortality.

For further details on SCTLD please visit the link provided below. As well, kindly assist us in taking photos and reporting any possible site that could be infected to https://www.agrra.org/ and The Belize Fisheries Department

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