Earth Week - April 18 - 25th, 2010

Celebrate earth week with us!

Coral World will participate in activities focusing on environmental education and organize volunteer coastal clean-ups - for more information click here.

Earth Week News and Activities

April 15th, 2010 - Lionfish Awareness and Management Meeting with Local Dive Operators at Coral World Ocean Park

In an effort to promote awareness on the threats that the Lionfish invasion poses in the Virgin Islands, Coral World will host a meeting at 2:30pm in the Marine Gardens exhibit.

The goal is to further educate dive operators on the presence of this invasive species, the dangers it represents to our marine ecosystem and action plans developed by Fish and Wildlife. A public meeting will be scheduled for May - stay tuned for further details.

For additional information please contact Lee Kellar at lkellar@coralworldvi.com

Fish and Wildlife website: http://www.fw.dpnr.gov.vi/Lionfish/index.htm

Lionfish Reporting form (2 pages):

Coral World partners with Oceana to support turtle conservation efforts

More information and images here.

Coral Restoration Project

Coral World is in the planning stages of a Coral Restoration Project. We intend to transplant fragments of porites coral first in the area of Coral World’s Undersea Observatory Tower and eventually at other sites around the Virgin Islands.

Mangrove Education and Restoration Program

In 1998, during the post-Hurricane Marilyn major renovation of Coral World, we created a man-made red mangrove lagoon with fewer than 50 small seedlings.

Shark Research

By researching local shark populations it makes it possible to find out where they are moving, and in some cases how fast they are moving.

Sea Turtle Rehabilitation

Coral World also serves as a rehabilitation center for injured or sick turtles and even struggling hatchlings that have not found their way out to sea and the safety of mats of Sargassum seaweed.