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April

Shaping the Future of Coral Health: 2025 U.S. Caribbean Coral Disturbance Workshop in Puerto Rico

A group of people stand on a beach. A person in a blue shirt and hat and sunglasses holds up a green instrument. Another person wearing yellow shorts and a gray top holds a blue clipboard and is poised to write on the tablet.

The 2025 U.S. Regional Caribbean Disturbance Workshop was held in Puerto Rico and discussed topics on coral restoration, invasive soft corals, resources for coral disturbance response and recovery, and environmental compliance. The main objectives were to share information, learn from each other, and identify solutions to joint challenges.

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March

Building capacity for water quality and coral monitoring in American Samoa

A snorkeler wearing a longsleeved, full length dive skin, gloves, and fins hovers over a shallow coral reef while holding a writing tablet and measuring tape. The measuring tape stretches across the top of a tan, branching coral.

Capacity for water quality and coral monitoring was increased in American Samoa by following a successful three-pronged approach. Engaging partners, training local communities and citizens, and connecting water quality monitoring to natural resource management objectives ensures continuation of this work into the future.

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