NOAA CRCP’s has provided funding to regionally adapt and refine erosion and sediment control (E&SC) techniques (e.g., hydroseeding) and build capacity for E&SC across the Guanica watershed. This investment has led to the stabilization of nearly 20 acres w...

Key elements of Puerto Rico’s priority goals include: Protect coral reef ecosystems from large- and small-scale fisheries impacts and Enhance management programs to reduce fishing impacts to coral reef ecosystems. CRCP’s Fishing Impacts Goal 2, Objective ...

Active population enhancement of corals in the US Caribbean has focused on Acropora spp. propagation techniques for aiding their recovery and restoring coral reefs. The recent listing of an additional 5 species as threatened under the ESA due to sharp dec...

Both Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata have suffered dramatic declines throughout the entire Caribbean over the last few decades (Bruckner, 2002) which led to the inclusion of these species as "Threatened" under the Endangered Species Act in 2006. As a ...

US coral reefs are impacted by hundreds of grounding incidents annually. In the aftermath of groundings, impacted corals are often broken, dislodged, or flipped over. These fragments are subject to abrasion, scour, and sedimentation, which ultimately resu...