Commercial fish population under threat if corals die

PETALING JAYA: There will be fewer fish on the table if the heatwave leads to the high death toll of coral reefs.

Many commercial fishes like groupers, snappers, emperors, sweet lips and fusiliers will die in their juvenile stages if the corals die, said Universiti Malaysia Terengganu coral reef ecologist (specialising in coral fish) Yusri Yusuf.