"During 2019, 5,776 corals were outplanted to 14 different reef sites around Puerto Rico through a combination of outplanting from coral nurseries and harvesting cuttings from previous A. palmata outplants. Nursery capacity was increased from 8,000 to ove...
Restocking of keystone herbivore species, Diadema antillarum, to reduce algal overgrowth (Phase II)
"On November 12, 2021, 500 lab-reared Diadema antillarum were transported by cargo van to Puerto del Rey Marina in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. At each reef, 20 sea urchins were placed in three experimental corrals, and the rest were released onto the reef in grou...
Response to Physical Impacts on Coral Reefs in Puerto Rico and the USVI 2021 Report
"Since 2006, NOAAs Restoration Center (RC) performed restoration at 142 sites in Puerto Rico (PR) and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) and reattached over 60,000 corals (Table 1). In 2021, the RC received reports of 28 groundings in PR and the USVI . Emerge...
"7,593 corals were outplanted to 15 different reef sites around Puerto Rico in 2020 through a combination of outplanting from coral nurseries and harvesting cuttings (direct outplanting) from previous A. palmata outplants. Monitoring was conducted within ...
Response to Physical Impacts on Coral Reefs in Puerto Rico and the USVI 2022 Report
"In 2022, the NOAA's Restoration Center (RC) received reports of 36 incidents in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands including Hurricane Fiona, which caused extensive damage to Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, off the west and southwest coast of Puerto ...
2019 Coral Propagation in Puerto Rico Report