Coral Gene Bank The Coral Restoration Foundation™ is building a massive Caribbean coral gene bank along the coasts of southern Florida. The underwater haven for corals currently holds 303 coral genotypes across 10 species, including the massive reef-building corals Orbicella faveolata,…
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Coral Restoration Foundation Awarded $2.1 Million From NOAA
CORAL RESTORATION IN FLORIDA Coral reefs along the Florida coastline just received a considerable boost from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Coral Restoration Foundation, the world’s largest reef restoration program has been awarded $2.1 million in funding…
Want to dive the Coral Restoration Foundation at MACNA? #dive4crf gives you the chance
The work the Coral Restoration Foundation is important to the survival of some vital reefs in the continental United State and having the opportunity to dive with the CRF is a chance in a lifetime. Now thanks to Piscene Energetics,…
Win the chance to dive with the Coral Restoration Foundation team at MACNA
When MACNA rolls around, many of us start thinking about mixing in a scuba dive trip and thanks to ecoxotic, Two Little Fishies and Piscine Energetics 18 lucky MACNA XXV attendees will have the chance to dive the Coral Restoration Foundation site for free. All…
MASNA endows fund to establish Gary Meadows Memorial Reef at Coral Restoration Foundation
Harbor Aquatics, operated by Joy and Gary meadows, was the LiveAquaria and Reefer Madness of its day, selling live rock and live corals to reef keepers all across the country. Joy and Gary brought Harbor Aquatics to various reef shows…
Coral Restoration Foundation’s Ken Nedimyer named a CNN Hero
We never get tired hearing about the work Ken Nedimyer is doing with the Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) and recently, Ken was featured as a CNN Hero by the cable news giant for the reef restoration projects they are taking…
Coral Restoration Foundation video by Fincasters is an even better look at the coral tree nurseries
Fincast’s John Carlin put together a nice video showcasing the Coral Reef Foundation and the work they are doing to replenish staghorn corals in the reefs surrounding the Florida coast. Coral Restoration Foundation founder Ken Nedimyer gives a nod to hobbyists for our…
Staghorn Coral Tree Nursery by Coral Restoration Foundation takes a page from aquarium culture techniques
The Coral Tree Nursery is an innovative new technique for growing corals at sea which takes some inspiration from techniques for culturing corals that were pioneered in home aquariums. Now the whole Coral-Tree part is totally of Coral Restoration Foundation’s…
Ecoxotic celebrates Earth Day by sponsoring the Coral Restoration Foundation
The Coral Restoration Foundation is an organization in Florida which is actively farming Carribean stony corals such staghorn and elkhorn species for the purposes of rebuilding reefs. We’ve previously written about the efforts of the Coral Restoration Foundation to rehabilitate…
Cryopreservation Comes to Florida Coral Conservation
An ambitious, new scientific project aims to preserve endangered corals using cutting-edge cryopreservation techniques. The latest phase of this groundbreaking work is happening this week at The Florida Aquarium’s Coral Conservation and Research Center in Apollo Beach, Florida, in collaboration…
