No 'island of garbage' here, Puerto Rico's new marine reserve ... to be known as the Jardines Submarinos (Submarine Gardens) of Vega Baja and Manati, covers coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass ...
VEGA BAJA — Ricardo Laureano suspected there was something special about the elkhorn corals in the El Eco reef, in northern Puerto Rico. In his 16 years of protecting and monitoring their growth ...