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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.

Innovative Coral Restoration Begins in Hawaiʻi After Ship Grounding

A promising and emerging coral restoration technique is being tested in the coastal waters of Hawai‘i for the first time.
March 13, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
A diver guides a guides a square black crate hooked onto a floating bag across the sea floor A diver uses a lift bag to transport loose rubble. Credit: NOAA.

Habitat Conservation Division’s Accomplishment Reports

HCD highlights the division's most important achievements every year in an easy to read document.
January 08, 2025 - Other Reports ,
Alaska

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

Restoring Florida's Iconic Coral Reefs

Mission: Iconic Reefs is an effort to protect and restore seven key reef sites in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
December 07, 2023 - Podcast ,
Southeast
A school of small, silvery fish swims among tan corals The branches of fast-growing elkhorn coral provide important habitat for fish. Populations of this iconic coral have declined across the Caribbean due to disease, bleaching and storms. Credit: NOAA.

Local Talent and Indigenous Knowledge Key to Restoring Hawaiʻi Coral Reefs

Threats to coral are increasing and the involvement of the local community is imperative. With funding through NOAA’s underserved community grants, Kuleana Coral Restoration graduated their first cohort of local and Native Hawaiian ocean conservationists.
October 30, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Five people in dive gear on a boat pose for the camera COAST participants prepare for one of their first restoration dives. From left to right: Baylee Jackson, Pono Okimoto, Denise Oishi (instructor) Ciara Ratum, and Makaio Villanueva. Credit: Blake Nowack/Kuleana Coral Reefs.

Plunge Into the Deep-Sea World of Squat Lobsters

Get up close and personal with squat lobsters in a new infographic complementing a recent publication led by Dr. Martha Nizinski of the National Systematics Laboratory.
September 06, 2023 - Infographic ,
National

2022 Ecosystem Status Report Highlights Climate and Ecosystem Change in Hawaiʻi

For the first time, the Ecosystem Status Report spans the entire main Hawaiian Islands and includes indicators on socio-cultural connections, climate and ocean ecosystem processes, and human impacts.
Pacific Islands

2022–2025 Annual Catch Limits for Main Hawaiian Islands Deepwater Shrimp and Precious Coral Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries is implementing annual catch limits for deepwater shrimp and precious coral (black, pink, red, and bamboo) commercial fisheries in the main Hawaiian Islands. The annual catch limits apply in both federal and state waters around Hawai&#699…
Final Rule,
Pacific Islands
Published
03/14/2026