15 Snook Underwater Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images

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An area of healthy green seagrass is seen April 13, 2016 next to a patch that is yellow and dying in Florida Bay, off the tip of south Florida between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Ecologists say the lack of freshwater, siphoned off to protect sugar cane farms, has led to increasingly salty water that threatens the livelihoods of fishermen. Ecologists say the lack of freshwater, siphoned off to protect sugar cane farms, has led to increasingly salty water that threatens the livelihoods of fishermen. Decades ago, the sight of seagrass swaying beneath the waters off south Florida conjured romance for those who dangled their fishing lines in hopes of catching redfish, snook or mangrove snapper."My father used to talk about the grass looking like a woman's long hair flowing in the water. It was just a beautiful sight," said fishing guide Steve Friedman. But now, seagrass is dying at a rate unseen since the late 1980s in the Florida Bay, off the southern tip of Florida between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. / AFP / Kerry SHERIDAN / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY KERRY SHERIDAN- "Underwater 'zombie grass' threatens Florida fishermen' Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty