Coral Vita restores threatened reefs by growing resilient corals and transplanting them into degraded sites.

Up to one billion people rely on coral reefs for food, coastal protection, and income. But reefs are rapidly dying due to climate change, pollution, and overfishing. Over 30% have died since the 1970s, and 90% are projected to die by 2050.
By establishing a global network of land-based farms to grow diverse corals resilient to changing ocean conditions,
Coral Vita helps protect the communities, industries, and nations that depend on healthy reefs.

Adopt-a-Coral

Want to help in the growth and installation of coral into degraded reefs? Click above to adopt a coral fragment!

Coral reef degradation is a global problem. Carysfort Reef in the Florida Keys demonstrates how rapidly coral health has declined in just the past several decades. Today, 95% of Keys' reef are gone. Photo credit: Phil Dustan

Coral reef degradation is a global problem. Carysfort Reef in the Florida Keys demonstrates how rapidly coral health has declined in just the past several decades. Today, 95% of Keys' reef are gone. Photo credit: Phil Dustan

Coral Vita uses new methods developed at the Mote Marine Lab (pictured here) that accelerate coral farming up to 50x natural rates and strengthen their resiliency to changing oceanic conditions. Photo credit: Mote Marine Lab

Coral Vita uses new methods developed at the Mote Marine Lab (pictured here) that accelerate coral farming up to 50x natural rates and strengthen their resiliency to changing oceanic conditions. Photo credit: Mote Marine Lab

Coral Reefs Under Threat

Reefs generate $30 billion annually, but 90% of reefs are projected to die by 2050. Global degradation threatens ecosystems, economies, and communities.

Why Reefs Matter →

Restoration Solutions

Coral Vita's team will assess reef health and customize restoration solutions so that a client may ensure the preservation of valuable native ecosystems.

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We were in for a treat this past weekend when our co-founder Gator’s parents Marcia and Phil visited us in #GrandBahama (they were particularly big fans of the touch tank)! . We are so so grateful for the love and support our parents, families, and friends have given us from day one onwards. Glad we get to put a smile on their faces as they experience our dreams becoming realities. And it was a pretty great way to spend #FathersDay!
A new Mountainous Star Coral collected for future #reefrestoration! . Did you know that using the #microfragmentation method, we can grow coral up to 50x faster? That means endangered #coral like the one you see here can be grown back to this size in months instead of decades! . Hope you can come visit our first #coralfarm in #GrandBahama to see these (scientifically known as Montastraea faveolata or Orbicella faveolata) and other coral to learn about how you can protect #ocean health. . (And don’t worry, we’ve got clean hands and are only handling the coral by the exposed rock with no polyps!). . @redlist_of_ecosystems @iucnsossaveourspecies #oceanoptimism
Found a few massive coral heads (plus a Pillar Coral stand!) out near #GoldRockBeach off #GrandBahama. While there certainly was degraded #coralreef nearby, it’s encouraging to see such old healthy bouldering coral around.
Wishing a very happy 29th circle round the sun to our founder Gator Halpern! Wouldn’t be where we are without his vision, leadership, and lifelong love of the sea. Hope you’ll join us in wishing him a happy birthday (which perfectly is #WorldOceansDay), or as they sing in his Dutch roots: . Lang zal hij leven Lang zal hij leven, Lang zal hij leven, Lang zal hij leven, In de gloria, In de gloria, In de gloria, Hieperderpiep, hoera! Hieperderpiep, hoera! Hieperderpiep, hoera!
This weekend is one of our favorite times of the year - #WorldOceansDay (which is also our co-founder Gator’s birthday!). Last year we helped organize a local #MarchForTheOcean. And this year it got even better, teaming up with the @coralrestorationfoundation for their annual #Coralpalooza!! . We teamed up with local #GrandBahama divers from @unexsograndbahama and other volunteers like Melissa, Matt, and Joe to collect coral for restoration, frag corals for growth, and clean our staging nurseries in the canal next to our #coralfarm. Really appreciate all of the effort not just from our team but all the people around the world working to protect #coralreefs and #ocean health.
Amidst the celebrations of this past week, we were devastated to learn of the sudden passing of our friends Ben and Judy Rose. Few people in Grand Bahama were kinder to us or more excited about the coral farm then Ben and Judy, and we know so many people are hurting here on this island and beyond. . Ben visited the construction site nearly every week without fail; a legendary pioneer in diving and an expert in aquaculture, we regularly sought his counsel and enjoyed getting in the water with him just last week; Judy pushed the community to take care of our environment daily; she gave us cooking recipes and hosted us at their home with grace and warmth; and together they got to celebrate our coral farm opening, a final memory of them we’ll cherish forever. . Thanks for everything Judy and Ben. May your memories be a blessing.
Few things make us happier than a child’s excitement experiencing the wonders of the ocean. We’ll be sharing a number of moments from our Grand Opening last week, but we couldn’t think of a better way to start them off than with Bahamian kids at the #coralfarm’s #touchtank!

Banner photo credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration