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Coral Reefs Fuel Florida’s Economy—Restoration Ensures Their Future

NOAA and its partners are restoring Florida’s coral reefs to protect marine life, boost the local economy, and support tourism jobs. We also give divers and businesses a hands-on role in saving these vital ecosystems
July 21, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Several different types of colorful corals grow on a reef. Above, at the waters surface, a diver swims next to a boat A diver getting into the water to view coral in the Florida Keys. Credit: Adobe Stock.

NOAA and Partners Launch Next-Generation Coral Restoration Following Florida Coral Bleaching

Researchers are implementing new strategies to future-proof Florida’s reefs.
July 21, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Mission Iconic Reefs field team member retrieves a transect tape after completing an outplant coral health assessment survey. Credit: Ben Edmonds/NOAA Mission Iconic Reefs field team member retrieves a transect tape after completing an outplant coral health assessment survey. Credit: Ben Edmonds/NOAA.

More Than $1 Million Recommended for Ruth D. Gates Coral Restoration Innovation Grants Projects

Projects will develop novel coral restoration and intervention methods to restore resilient coral ecosystems.
January 16, 2025 - Feature Story ,
National
Dozens of coral fragments hang from horizontal criss-crossed poles attached to a thicker vertical pole rising from the seafloor. The underwater background is bright blue. Coral fragments hang from a nursery tree in the Johnston Applied Marine Sciences' nursery in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Credit: Victoria Barker/NOAA.

Celebrate Corals Week

Corals Week is December 9–13, 2024! Join us in celebrating this diverse group of invertebrate animals and the reef habitats they create.
December 09, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
Corals in clear pristine waters. Shallow water provides habitat for branching corals (Acropora spp), as seen here on a reef flat in Guam. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Brown

All That Remains: Severe Decline in Wild Elkhorn Coral Genetic Diversity on Florida’s Reefs

NOAA Fisheries published results of the 2023 marine heatwave’s impacts on elkhorn coral genetic diversity in Florida. Our report states that only 23 percent of known genotypes remain in the wild.
August 14, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
A small orange coral branches upwards off a relic skeleton of a coral reef A small colony of elkhorn coral found in summer 2024 on Molasses Reef, offshore of Key Largo Credit: Rainbow Reef Dive Center/Jack Teasley

Special Journal Issue Compiles Advances in Coral Reef Ecosystem Science

New research dives to new depths to advance our knowledge on coral reef ecosystems in a special issue of Bulletin of Marine Science.
June 26, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
A SCUBA diver swims along a coral reef with a writing slate and measuring device, reef fish swimming across the field of view A NOAA diver surveys a coral reef. Credit: National Park Service/Rob Waara

More Than $910,000 Recommended for Ruth Gates Coral Restoration Innovation Grants Projects

Projects will develop novel restoration and intervention methods to promote resilient coral ecosystems in a changing climate.
July 18, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
West Coast
National
Orange-brown branching coral interspersed with light tan feather-like coral on a sandy seafloor Restored staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) at Looe Key reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Staghorn coral, along with elkhorn coral and star corals, built Caribbean coral reefs over the last 5,000 years. NOAA Fisheries and partners are using a variety of innovative techniques to study, protect, and restore these threatened corals. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey.

Threatened and Endangered Species of the Southeastern United States

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act by getting to know some of the threatened and endangered species found in the waters of the southeastern United States.
June 09, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
A Rice’s whale swimming near the surface. A Rice's whale swimming near the surface. Photo: NOAA Fisheries (ESA/MMPA Permit No. 779-1633).

The Endangered Species Act: 50 Years of Conserving Species

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act by learning more about NOAA's work to conserve endangered species and their habitats.
May 19, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act with smalltooth sawfish, green turtle, Atlantic salmon, staghorn, North Atlantic right whale, and Tubastraea floreana

Recommended 2023 Species Recovery Grants Projects

NOAA Fisheries has recommended $6.3 million in funding for six new projects and 20 ongoing projects.
April 12, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Two sturgeon swim above a gravelly bottom Atlantic sturgeon swimming. Credit: NOAA Fisheries