2/1/2024- JUST RECEIVED NEWS THAT STATE PERMIT FOR GROWING CORAL AND OUT-PLANTING- HAS BEEN APPROVED!

The ocean is a busy place! I have heard the coral reef be compared to a bustling city, with activity such as sound, competition, mating, feeding and regular residents that form a community. If you can relate to this odd correlation, then corals are the structures that make it all possible- the buildings, so to speak – that are the apex of the habitat. It all starts with a  single polyp, forming structures that are micro-food factories. For humans, they play an important role as 500 million people worldwide depend on the coral reef for their livelihood. Reefs also create a natural breakwater and corals are being researched for use in the pharmaceutical industry for their enzymes in the fight against cancer.  What is amazing about corals is that they have no life expectancy and are perpetual machines of efficiency as long as their environment allow.