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Restoring Jamaica’s Pedro Banks

In the 1970’s, Jamaica’s reefs were the pride of the Caribbean, teaming with large fish that supported a vibrant tourism industry and provided seafood for local communities. But overfishing, disease, hurricanes, and development pressure degraded many of these reefs in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s, and few healthy reefs remain in Jamaica’s waters today. Scientists...

Chagos Archipelago

Our second research mission of 2015 took the Global Reef Expedition to the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), a small island chain in the Indian Ocean and home to some of the most remote, and pristine, coral reefs on Earth – 95% of which have yet to be explored. Our work here consists of coral reef surveys and high resolution mapping of reefs in...

Palau

The Living Oceans Foundation Global Reef Expedition kicks off 2015 in Palau, visiting many of the country’s reefs including the Rock Islands Southern Lagoon, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The purpose of the research here is to obtain detailed information about the health and state of the reefs through various survey and data collection methods....

Palau’s Rock Islands Southern Lagoon: What does it mean to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage?

Expedition Log: Palau – Day 4 Today, as we prepare to leave the Rock Islands and head to Negerumekao – the Global Reef Expedition’s next research site in Palau – we take a minute to reflect on the stunning natural wonders of the site. The unique limestone islands, large schools of fish, healthy and diverse reefs, it’s truly a special place – and...

Month-Long Palau Coral Reef Research Expedition Begins

LANDOVER, MD, January 8th, 2015 – Today a massive coral reef research expedition begins in Palau. It is a joint project between the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, the Coral Reef Research Foundation, and Palau International Coral Research Center (PICRC). The goal of the research is to build up a complete picture about the health and...

The status of coral reefs and associated fishes and invertebrates of commercial importance in Pedro Bank, Jamaica

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation conducted a research mission to Pedro Bank, Jamaica in 2012 as part of its Global Reef Expedition. This scientific article on the Status of Coral Reefs of Commercial Importance in Jamaica is a result of research conducted during that mission. Status of Coral Reefs of Commercial Importance in Jamaica Khaled...

Far-Reaching Education

Today, was our last day conducting coral reef education programs throughout the Solomon Islands. I can’t believe how quickly time has passed here. It just seems like yesterday when we were conducting our first program. Over this past month, I have had a lot of help from local representatives to carry out the education programs and I couldn’t have done...

Partners in Education

I am really excited to be aboard the M/Y Golden Shadow for the second half of the Living Oceans Foundation’s (LOF) Solomon Islands mission. I have joined the LOF education team and I am representing a partner organization, OceansWatch. OceansWatch is a small, New Zealand registered NGO that has been working in the South Pacific for the past 7 years....

Solomon Islands Reef Survey Reveals Unexpected Sights Underwater

LANDOVER, MD, November 24, 2014 – The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has completed a large-scale survey of Solomon Islands reefs, and what they saw was quite unexpected. The team of scientists boarded the M/Y Golden Shadow at the end of October, joined by Ministry of Fisheries and Marine resources, Catlin Seaview Survey, University...

Living Oceans Foundation Hosts the Catlin Seaview Survey

The incredible folks from Catlin Seaview Survey are onboard the Shadow with us, here is an update from Ben Neal: I am the Shallow Reef Team Leader this year for the Catlin Seaview Survey, working as part of the Coral Reef Ecosystems Laboratory at the University of Queensland. We have very similar goals to the Global Reef Expeditions, and this partnership...

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