Coral Vita restores dying 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 50% have died since the 1970s, and over 90% are on track 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, nations, and industries 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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Monday morning microfrags! . Can you guess what species this is?
A few shots of coral being collected from and maintained at the staging nursery in the canal adjacent to our farm by @samteicher, along with some snail snagging by intern @chelsea.pkamp on her last day and coral cleaning by @mddiebell! . 📸: @mddiebell
Had a full and fun week of guests at the #GrandBahama #coral farm, and we have the perfect tour guide in our Farm Manager @joecreature ! . 1) Dr. Craig Dahlgren (arguably the leading expert in #coralreefs of the #Bahamas) and Dr. Krista Sherman of the @perryinstituteformarinescience came through for a visit while they were on the island for conch surveys. Craig has been a long-time friend and supporter of our efforts, and it was a great feeling to finally tour him and Krista through the farm. Excited to collaborate with PIMS and partners to protect reefs moving forward! . 2) Officials from The Bahamas Department of Marine Resources arranged a visit to see the progress we’re making on ramping up #coral production for #reefrestoration. Can’t thank the Government of The Bahamas enough for their support. . 3) These two lovely ladies were exploring the island during their visit from Texas and randomly stumbled on the coral farm! Turns out they both have backgrounds in marine biology, and one of their sons wants to grow up to restore reefs - what are the odds?? They were all smiles, and even grabbed a couple t-shirts on their way out the door.
Reef hour traffic
Yes, #coralreefs are beautiful. Magical. Wondrous. And they also are critically important. Sustaining 25% of marine life and the livelihoods of up to one billion people around the world. Yet we’ve already lost half the world’s reefs, and are on track to lose more than 90% in the next 30 years without meaningful and rapid action by our leaders. . @glowinggone is helping raise awareness and drive inspiration to protect our world’s dying reefs. Highly recommend following their account. . @theoceanagency @pantone @adobe
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.

Banner photo credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration