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How have the red hind populations changed in the Red Hind Bank MCD of St. Thomas, USVI? This article is a summary of the research study: Rosemond, RC, RS Nemeth, SA Heppell. 2022. Demographic recovery of a reef fish population over 30 years of spawning aggregation site protection. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 931409. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.931409.?
The red hind (Epinephelus guttatus) spawning area in the Red Hind Bank marine conservation district (MCD) south of St. Thomas was originally closed to fishing in 1990.