Coral World is in the planning stages of a Coral Restoration Project. We intend to transplant fragments of porites coral first in the area of Coral World’s Undersea Observatory Tower and eventually at other sites around the Virgin Islands.
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In 1998, during the post-Hurricane Marilyn major renovation of Coral World, we created a man-made red mangrove lagoon with fewer than 50 small seedlings.
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By researching local shark populations it makes it possible to find out where they are moving, and in some cases how fast they are moving.
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Coral World also serves as a rehabilitation center for injured or sick turtles and even struggling hatchlings that have not found their way out to sea and the safety of mats of Sargassum seaweed.
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