Coral Reefs are the lifeblood of our island

What We Do

Reef Restoration

Implementing ex-situ microfragmentation, assisted evolution, and gene-banking coral aquaculture sites to grow resilient corals for out-planting. Creating MPAs to protect critical reef habitat.

Education & Outreach

Educating the public on local and global marine conservation issues and presenting tactics to mitigate their impacts. We also host events and beach clean-ups to involve our community in restoration efforts and inspire a sense of shared responsibility.

Our Projects

Research & Monitoring

Monitoring marine populations to establish baselines, quantify changes to the local environment, implement policy, gauge restoration effectivity, and adapt conservation techniques.

Why Reef Restoration?

There has been approximately a 50% decline in coral reef cover globally from 1957–2007

Catches of coral-reef-associated fishes peaked in 2002 and are in decline despite increasing fishing effort, and catch-per-unit effort has decreased by 60% since 1950.

At least 63% of coral-reef-associated biodiversity has declined with loss of coral extent.

Coral reefs’ capacity to provide ecosystem services has declined by half since the 1950s

(Eddy et al. 2021)

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LIONFISH DERBY
January 31st 2024

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