Corals have experienced a massive decline throughout the Caribbean because of local, regional and global threats.

The statistics on the degradation of corals are alarming. According to the Mote Tropical Research Lab on Summerland Key, Florida, 25 percent of the world's corals have been lost, primarily because of rising sea temperatures and increased carbon dioxide levels caused by global warming.

In collaboration with the Division of Fish and Wildlife and with their permission, our plan is to collect porites colonies to add to colonies populating the submerged land leased by Coral World from the Government. The new colonies would be fragmented and cemented onto platforms within this coral “nursery.” Later, we would fragment these corals again to transplant them to multiple restoration sites. These sites would then be monitored by staff and volunteers.
Our hope is that we can engage local residents, especially school children, and visitors in the Coral Restoration Project.