Hey team,
After consulting an expert (Marilyn Brandt at RSMAS) I am pretty confident that the disease I saw on a bunch of Montastraea faveolata colonies at Salt River is "Yellow Band Disease". Tyler Smith reported seeing a bunch of this around the rest of the USVI and Marilyn told me it was quite prevalent in the Dominican Republic. I think it may be worth doing some more intensive monitoring of the progress of disease on tagged colonies when we go to Jamaica.
Take care,
Derek