Newswise -- AMHERST, Mass. - Though bonefish are one of the most
sought-after tropical sport fish in the world, drawing thousands of
anglers to Caribbean waters every season, until recently the only
information scientists had about their spawning habits were anecdotes
and fish tales.

Now, University of Massachusetts Amherst
researcher Andy Danylchuk and colleagues from several other institutions
know far more about bonefish spawning habits after using ultrasonic
transmitters to tag and track bonefish movements off Eleuthera in the
Bahamas. Their results appear in an early online issue of the journal

Marine Biology. Results should help focus habitat conservation efforts...