Dredging and Coral

"Panama Canal Miraflores Locks" by Stan Shebs. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panama_Canal_Miraflores_Locks.jpg#/media/File:Panama_Canal_Miraflores_Locks.jpg

I'm finally starting to catch up on my reading.

I just came across this article and video on the National Geographic website.  It talks about the dredging going on in east coast ports so that they can accommodate post-Panamax and new-Panamax vessels.  The Bayonne Bridge in NJ is being raised to accommodate these behemoths.

Anyway...the article and video are about dredging taking place in Florida for the same reasons, and how the dredging is literally smothering vital coral communities.

Nat Geo - Dredging & Coral