• This pilot project is supported by multiple sectors - University of Costa Rica, Raising Coral Costa Rica, the German Cooperation for Development(GIZ), Costa Rican Government (National Conservation Areas System-SINAC), and Península Papagayo (private).

• The goal is to use this as a model to develop a long-term coral nursery and restoration project.

CRC ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Congratulations to Chelsea Wolke (Hawaii Department of Aquatic Resources) who was voted by the CRC Leadership Team as the new Chair of the Land-based Working Group!

• Congratulations also to David Suggett (University of Technology Sydney) who has been voted as the new Chair of the Field-based Working Group!

• Congratulations to Anastazia Banaszak (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) who has been voted as new the Steering Committee Chair to fill David Suggett’s Chair position!

PARTNER ANNOUNCEMENTS

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• PhD opportunity fully funded through the Envision DTP between Lancaster, Nottingham, and Bangor Universities, UK. The project aims to reveal the impact of heightened aggression between fish species on coral reef resilience and recovery. Funding is limited to U.K. or E.U. students only.

• Lab Technician- Octocoral research full time position working on population and community ecology of Caribbean octocorals in Howard Lasker laboratory University at Buffalo, NY.

• Postdoctoral Researcher in Coral Cell Biology in Lewinski lab at Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA).

• Postdoctoral Position: Modeling coral reef and seagrass ecosystems. The ideal applicant would have strong quantitative skills, particularly with some combination of population modeling, bioenergetics, agent-based models, or nutrient dynamics models. The position is available beginning immediately in the Allgeier Lab at the University of Michigan.

• PhD opportunity at The University of Leicester (UK), fully funded stipend (3.5 years) with generous research and training grant to conduct research in Coral Palaeoclimatology of the western Indian Ocean.

• 2020 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship The NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics places PhD students studying in one of two priority areas in three year research-based fellowships. Announcements for the 2020 fellowship classes are now open. Applications are due to Sea Grant programs on January 30, 2020. 

UPCOMING MEETINGS: 

2019

• Dec 14 (London, U.K.): Reef Conservation UK

2020

• Feb 9-12 (Honolulu, Hawaii): Aquaculture America 2020

2021

• May 17-21 (Key Largo, FL): Reef Futures Conference 2021.

• Feb 16-21 (San Diego, CA): Ocean Sciences Meeting

• March 9-10 (Tokyo, Japan): World Ocean Summit 

• June 11-19 (Marseille, France) : IUCN World Conservation Congress [Coral experts needed!]

• Jul 5-10 (Bremen, Germany): 14th International Coral Reef Symposium. 

• July 5-6 (Bremen, Germany) Youth Leaders Workshop

• Jul 13-18 (Koh Tao, Thailand) Reef Restoration Course (Details Soon) 

• Aug 24-27 (Kiel, Germany): 6th International Marine Conservation Congress. 

December 2019 MEDIA ROUNDUP 

Research:

• Henry, J. A., O'Neil, K. L., & Patterson, J. T. (2019). Native herbivores improve sexual propagation of threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 713.

News:

• Hawkins (December 1). Scientists used loudspeakers to make dead coral reefs sound healthy. Fish flocked to them.

• Cayman News (November 29). Restoration can’t justify destruction, says coral grower’s ex boss.

• Boynton, Samuel (November 28). Threats to Reef Spawn Alliance of Marine Guardians. 

• Dance, Amber (November 27). These corals could survive climate change — and help save the world’s reefs.

• The Guardian (November 26). Lobsters and octopuses are back': the Kenyan women leading a reef revival.  

• Wolinsky, Jacob (November 25). NOAA to announce major Florida Keys coral reef restoration effort. 

• Lavars, Nick (November 24). "Turbo-charged" coral to breathe new life into the Great Barrier Reef.

• Law, Tara (November 22). It’s Not Just Flooding in Venice. Here’s How Climate Change Threatens World Heritage Sites Everywhere.

• Science Friday (November 22). Degrees of Change: Coral Restoration. Nov 22 2019, Part 1.

• Manfrino, Carrie (November 20). CCMI: No evidence scientists can recreate a reef.  

• U.N. Environment Programme (November 19). On the frontline of hurricane disaster.

• Mooney, Chris (November 18). Scientists are weighing radical steps to save coral.

• Thompson, Jesse (November 18). IVF on Great Barrier Reef helps researchers buy time before further coral decline.  

• Wu, Nina (November 15). Coral reef restoration bill clears key Senate committee.

• Davis, Susan (October 30). Reef Renewal Bonaire Explores New Coral Techniques.

The mission of the CRC is to foster collaboration and technology transfer among coral restoration scientists, practitioners, and managers, and to facilitate a community of practice that will advance coral restoration to keep pace with rapidly changing ocean and environmental conditions.