• Did you know that the Coral Reef Alliance has turned 15? Wow time flies when you are doing positive things. You can also donate to their causes by clicking here.
• Coral Reef Alliance, Greenpeace USA, WWF, Sierra Club & SeaWeb Urge for Strong Protection – a coalition of 44 marine conservation and stakeholder groups and more than 100 marine scientists has formed to ask the White House and U.S. Congress to undertake measures to support coral reef conservation. The rest could be found here.
• Experts Discuss Enhancing Coral Resilience – In Guam, a group of coral reef managers have gathered to discuss potential ways to help coral become more resilient to environmental changes. For more, click here.
• Coral Crisis in the Caribbean -  A recent study showed declines in coral reef fish along the entire Caribbean. The study, which pooled data from over 300 reefs and 273 fish species, shows declines in both fish we catch and those we don’t. For more, click here for an exclusive interview with Michelle Paddack, Ph.D.
• Florida Artificial Tire Reef Cleanup Team Receives Coastal America Award Recognition from Obama - Well, there is some positive news in the reef world. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection was recognised for working together to protect and enhance the Florida’s coral reef system. The rest of the article is found here.

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If you didn’t know, we here at Fragd.it like to bring you all up to date on many happenings around the world. Today’s post will summarize what has been happening at Coral Reef Alliance (CRA). Here are some of the quick snippets:

• Large Sponges May Be Reattached To Coral Reefs – an article explaining how sponges can be reattached due to human destruction. The full article could be read here.
• New Protections for Coral Reefs and Dwindling Fish Species in Belize – new bills have been passed to protect the most pristine North American reefs, located in Belize.  Read on.
• Photos: Relocation of Coral Reef in Chabahar, Iran – a new conservation experiment is being conducted in Chabahr, Iran. It seems that around 50 colonies are being transported into a protected area by Bandar Beheshti port. The rest of the article can be read here.
• Indonesia Wishes to Be Seat of Coral Triangle Initiative Secretariate – the CTI (Coral Triangle Initiative) might be hosted in Indonesia sooner than later, a report says. Around 4900 participants are expected to attend CTI. Full article.
• “Super Reefs” Fend off Climate Change – East African reefs show the world that corals are much more resilient than us humans give it credit. These reefs are showing signs that even through temperature changes, they have the ability to pull through and continue to grow. The rest is read here.

Now you are all caught up, for now. Up next, an interesting update on the coral food post. Stay tuned.

Lets see what our friends at CRA found newsworthy, in this edition of Roundup!

• Taiwan Coral Reefs ‘Turn Black’ with Disease: it seems like humans race did it again. A study found that toxic sewage waste was deposited into the ocean near the islands of Chen Chao-lun causing obvious acidification of the nearby coral reef. More can be found here..
• Beating Poverty Could Save Coral Reef Fish: according to the reports made by researchers near the West Indian Ocean, poverty plays a huge role in overfishing. It would make sense as every person tries to survive by any means necessary. I just hope we interject and show them how they all can benefit if they all work together, rather against each other. The rest of the article could be found here.
• The Tiny, Slimy Savior of Coral Reefs: Andrew Baker, a scientist at Miami’s RSMAS, has engaged in a project that will try to show how the symbiotic relationship between the polyps and the zooanthellae (definition) can withstand higher temperatures of heat. Very interesting stuff.

As always, please support our friends at CRA. They do a lot of good around the world to help our reefs. You can click on the link on our side panel (under conservation links).  We can all help one step at a time!

From time to time, we like to publish some newsworthy tidbits from our friends at CRA (Coral Reef Alliance). Here are the lastest issues:

• US Pacific Waters Protected - thanks to many CRA readers, president Bush actually did something positive. He designated over 194 000 square miles on the west coast as national marine monuments. Follow the link above for the rest.
• Cave Sponges Cruical to Surival of Coral Reef – A very eye opening research done by Jasper De Goeij on how sponges have a cruical role in the coral reef’s food cycle. Think of it as a reef’s intestinal tract.
• Sea Squirts, Coral Reefs and Other New Marine Life Discovered in Tasmanian Waters – New marine life has been discovered by a team of researchers headed by Jess Adkins of the California Institute of Technology. Some of discovered included 10,000 year old corals.