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August 28, 2014
NOAA Lists 20 New Corals as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act.

In total, 22 species of coral are now protected under the Endangered Species Act, including the two corals (elkhorn and staghorn) listed as threatened in 2006. Fifteen of the newly listed species occur in the Indo-Pacific and five in the Caribbean (see table below). None are found in Hawaii. Protecting and conserving biologically diverse coral […]

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April 5, 2013
Diminishing ray of hope

101 East. 02 Apr 2013 11:58 http://www.aljazeera.com   Marine biologist Daniel Fernando has been surveying Sri Lanka’s fishing industry for over two years. Today, he is in the western coastal town of Negombo, at one of the country’s busiest fish markets. He is passionate about saving manta and mobula rays from extinction. Fernando carefully examines a […]

NOAA proposes listing 66 reef-building coral species under the Endangered Species Act

NOAA press release: November 30, 2012 In compliance with a federal court ordered deadline, and consistent with existing international protections, NOAA Fisheries announced today that it is proposing Endangered Species Act (ESA) listings for 66 coral species, including 59 in the Pacific and seven in the Caribbean. This science-based proposal is more limited than the […]

Fight for the Future of Coral Reefs

Center for Biological Diversity Action Alert Corals are vanishing at an alarming rate, and scientists warn that these reefs are poised to become the first  mass ecosystem extinction produced by manmade climate change. The loss of coral reefs, the ocean’s greatest hotspots of biodiversity, would be a critical blow to the wide array of marine […]