Page 4 - Coral Conservation Program News Today

Florida Aquarium's Coral Conservation Program has worked for last several years to aid the coral crisis impacting the dying Florida Reef Tract.

Tampa, FL: In a significant achievement for reef restoration, researchers at The Florida Aquarium, University of Florida, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission successfully reared and released nearly 200 Long Spined Sea Urchins (Diadema antillarum) off the coast of Florida.

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By Lorenzo Castro E. Miami, Dec 17 (EFE).- Some 200 long-spined sea urchins are the spearhead of a project in Florida to clean toxic algae from the coral that makes up the world’s third-largest barrier reef. After spending 6 1/2 months in tanks at The Florida Aquarium’s Center for Conservation in the Tampa Bay area, …

Around 200 sea urchins were spawned at the aquarium and released in a coral reef off the Florida Keys, where they will eat algae that can overrun the reef.

Around 200 sea urchins were spawned at the aquarium and released in a coral reef off the Florida Keys, where they will eat algae that can overrun the reef.

Coral reefs are dying at alarming rates across the globe. That's why the aquarium says it's taken the role of researching and breeding dozens of coral species.

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