Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
Providing science-based solutions to protect and restore ocean health
Expedition Log: Maldives – Day 7 One of the most challenging questions we are regularly asked is where the crown of thorns starfish (COTS) come from. A reef can be unaffected for years or even decades and then suddenly thousands …
Oceanco Presents Fabien Cousteau Blue Award to the Khaled Bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation. Oceanco Presents Fabien Cousteau Blue Award The World of Yachts November 11, 2015 Oceanco was pleased to sponsor the Fabien Cousteau Blue Award at the 25th …
Expedition Log: Maldives – Day 6 As a fish surveyor it is always exciting, sometimes daunting, to come across schools of fish in the thousands. We have seen huge schools of fish in other areas we surveyed on the Global …
WNAV’s Donna Cole interviews Philip Renaud, Executive Director of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation. Interview with Capt. Phil Renaud WNAV News (on SoundCloud) Nov 13, 2015 By Donna Cole How did the organization pick Annapolis for their headquarters, …
ANNAPOLIS, MD – During October and November the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation removed more than seven thousand (7,396) coral-eating Crown of Thorns starfish (COTS) from vulnerable reefs in the Maldives. Foundation scientists worked with divers from local resorts …
Expedition Log: Maldives – Day 5 The Living Oceans Foundation SCAR (Starfish Control and Removal) team is working at the Gili Lankanfushi atoll with other marine biologists from the Gili Lankanfushi resort. They have asked for our help removing and …
This article, featured in the Washington Post, puts national public focus on the increasing threat posed to coral reefs by crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), as highlighted by the Foundation’s Starfish Collection and Removal (SCAR) Team work in the Maldives. Scientists say …
Expedition Log: Maldives – Day 4 Whenever crown of thorns starfish (COTS) are reported, we never know if they will still be in the same location or how much they have moved. In part, this depends on how quickly a …
Expedition Log: Maldives – Day 3 On every dive we have done around Gili Lankanfushi we have seen dozens of moray eels. We have seen two species so far; the giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) and the honeycomb moray (Gymnothorax favagineus). We …
Expedition Log: Maldives – Day 2 In May of this year we began receiving emails from marine biologists based in the Maldives requesting assistance to manage the growing crown of thorns starfish (COTS) populations. Although COTS have been seen here …
