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Paper Preview – 5 September 2025
Compass journalist Sarah Bridge goes behind the headlines to preview the stories featured in this week’s edition of the Cayman Compass. Be sure to pick up your free copy at locations throughout the island.
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Cayman Compass
Deadly stony coral disease reaches Little Cayman
Marine researchers have confirmed the first cases of stony coral tissue loss disease on Little Cayman, after finding lesions on corals over a mile-long stretch of reef near the island.
The disease, known as SCTLD, decimated populations of stony coral species on Grand Cayman’s reefs after it was first found there in 2020, but the Sister Islands had escaped the onslaught until now.
