Posts Tagged ‘coral restoration’

VIDEO: Polo Reef’s Exclusive Florida Coral Rescue Center Program

Join Andrew Sandler and Rachid Stoury as they travel to Florida and join Justin Zimmerman, SeaWorld supervisor for the Florida Coral Rescue Center (FCRC). Take an exclusive, VIP tour showcasing efforts to create a genetic repository and propagate corals to reestablish some of Florida’s most endangered corals, some of which Zimmerman classifies as effectively “functionally extinct.”

23 Jun 9:39 AM 0 Read More...

LEGO to the Reef Restoration Rescue

Dr. Jani Tanzil holds up one of the PVC pipes on which the Lego-mounted corals are suspended with nylon ties.

Sometimes the solution to a problem is genuinely child’s play—you just have to find it. Two marine biologists in Singapore were faced with the task of attaching…

01 Oct 2:59 PM 2 Read More...

VIDEO: Coral Vita Opens New Coral Restoration Farm

The new for-profit land-based coral restoration farm on Grand Bahama leverages microfragmentation techniques to grow corals 25-50 times faster than the wild.

07 Jun 2:01 PM 0 Read More...

Coral Outplanting Effort Underway in Florida

The Florida Aquarium announces the outplanting of over 3000 genetically distinct corals as part of ongoing reef restoration efforts in the Florida Reef Tract.

04 Apr 11:46 PM 1 Read More...

Bountiful Fields of Captive-Raised Acropora

Aquarists like Samuel Nietzer are working around the globe to unlock the secrets of propagating stony corals en-masse, with amazing results.

29 Nov 12:18 PM 2 Read More...