No longer a theoretical threat, overfishing across the globe has wiped out species from areas where they once thrived.

The potential loss of conch in the Bahamas reflects the threat overfishing poses around the world to traditional foods.

At a recent celebration of Christmas in the Bahamas, Bishop Lawrence Rolle sang about a half dozen songs, mostly Afro-Caribbean gospel songs.

Great Guana Cay in the Abacos Islands of the Bahamas was hard hit by Hurricane Dorian. I was fighting it for 10 years," Troy Albury, of the Great Guana Cay Fire Department, said of the 585-acre club that caters to wealthy, often-famous patrons who arrive from far beyond its crystal blue waters. Meantime, neighbors in Great Guana Cay have largely helped themselves, stocking food and medical supplies in a church they converted into a shelter. So far, about 5,000 people have escaped the Abaco Islands. Just a ferry ride away, back on Great Guana Cay, residents are grateful to the affluent benefactors whose local ties moved them to dispatch aid days before the authorities arrived.

The UK Ministry of Defence has released aerial images of the damage from Dorian on Great Abaco, in the Bahamas. FREEPORT, Bahamas - Nearly 5,000 residents have fled the Bahamas after a violent Category 5 storm ripped through their neighborhoods and left the islands in shambles. "I want to assure evacuees that as we start rebuilding their communities they will be returned home," Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said Monday. What the ferry operator should have doneStephen Silvestri, acting port director for the CBP at Port Everglades, said that the evacuees were ordered off the boat by the ferry operator and not by any US government entity. Death toll expected to riseBy Monday, the death toll had risen to 50, the Royal Bahamas Commissioner of Police said.

The UK Ministry of Defence has released aerial images of the damage from Dorian on Great Abaco, in the Bahamas. Search and rescue crews with cadaver dogs ferreted through rubble on the Abaco islands. Most of the evacuees who arrived in Palm Beach by cruise ship were picked up by family members or were provided transportation to reach loved ones in the area. Of the 1,435 evacuees aboard the cruise ship, 539 are US citizens or lawful permanent residents, US Customs and Border Protection said. Seymour, who arrived in Florida on the humanitarian cruise with 16 cousins and grandchildren, will stay with a sister is Port St. Lucie for now.

(CNN) - Bahamas Paradise Cruise Lines is offering Bahamians stranded by Hurricane Dorian a way home. The Florida-based cruise line is taking supplies, first responders and Bahamian evacuees in Florida to Grand Bahama Island on Thursday. The cruise line told CNN that the Grand Celebration ship will also be offering the chance for Bahamians to evacuate to Florida free of charge, given they have the proper documentation. "We felt like we had to do this for the people of the Bahamas and the island of Grand Bahama, especially given our history with the island." Royal Caribbean previously brought in supplies to Caribbean areas hit hard by the hurricanes, including after Hurricane Maria hit Puerta Rico.

CNN's team in the city of Freeport witnessed Bahamians using small boats and jet skis to help people stranded by the storm.