Curacao coral spawning field workshop
SECORE Curacao coral spawning field workshop - August 23 till September 2, 2010
The Curacao coral spawning field workshop is organized by SECORE, in collaboration with the Curacao Sea Aquarium, CARMABI, Diveversity and Animal Encounters.
It is the first out of a series, and part of a 3-year Acropora restoration project.
This 3-year project aims to develop new methods of saving endangered corals, using sexual reproduction. Therefore, a coral culture system has been built at the Curacao Sea Aquarium.
It will be the nursery of thousands of coral babies, which will eventually be reintroduced in the reefs in the future.
A student of the Ruhr-University of Bochum (Germany) will do her PhD on this project in the coming 3 years.
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Location & time
Curacao harbors some of the last Elkhorn coral ad Staghorn coral populations that are still reproducing. The findings of the upcoming project will help to conserve corals in the Caribbean and around the world.
Coral reef CuracaoThe annual spawning event of endangered Elkhorn coral and Staghorn coral is expected to take place during the workshop. If that indeed happens, a group of international scientists and aquarists will collect eggs and sperm from these corals in the reefs around Curacao.
Goals of the workshop
Main goal of this workshop is of course to collect sperm and eggs and culture new corals from these.
Other goals of this workshop are:
* sharing know-how of using sexual reproduction in aqua culture;
* introducing breeding techniques for sexual recruits among public Aquaria worldwide
* contribution to conservation of corals on a broad scale
* preservation of the endangered Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata and the
Staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis
* networking between sea aquaria and research institutes
* development of excellent methods for coral reef Elkhorn coral, Curacaoconservation and restoration.
Among the participants, you find coral conservationists, aquarists, scientists and researchers.
The SECORE workshop offer researchers the infrastructure, the tools and know-how, which are necessary to work with coral spawn, coral larvae and primary settled corals.
Public outreach
During the workshop there will be a public evening at the Curacao Sea Aquarium. Lectures to inform the local public about the project and nature conservation in the Caribbean will be given. More information you can find under the press section.
Follow this workshop
There will be a daily updated weblog about the whereabouts of the participants and their work in progress.
See the SECORE website by clicking this link.
SECORE is also on Facebook
The Curacao coral spawning field workshop is organized by SECORE, in collaboration with the Curacao Sea Aquarium, CARMABI, Diveversity and Animal Encounters.
It is the first out of a series, and part of a 3-year Acropora restoration project.
This 3-year project aims to develop new methods of saving endangered corals, using sexual reproduction. Therefore, a coral culture system has been built at the Curacao Sea Aquarium.
It will be the nursery of thousands of coral babies, which will eventually be reintroduced in the reefs in the future.
A student of the Ruhr-University of Bochum (Germany) will do her PhD on this project in the coming 3 years.
Location & time
Curacao harbors some of the last Elkhorn coral ad Staghorn coral populations that are still reproducing. The findings of the upcoming project will help to conserve corals in the Caribbean and around the world.
Coral reef CuracaoThe annual spawning event of endangered Elkhorn coral and Staghorn coral is expected to take place during the workshop. If that indeed happens, a group of international scientists and aquarists will collect eggs and sperm from these corals in the reefs around Curacao.
Goals of the workshop
Main goal of this workshop is of course to collect sperm and eggs and culture new corals from these.
Other goals of this workshop are:
* sharing know-how of using sexual reproduction in aqua culture;
* introducing breeding techniques for sexual recruits among public Aquaria worldwide
* contribution to conservation of corals on a broad scale
* preservation of the endangered Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata and the
Staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis
* networking between sea aquaria and research institutes
* development of excellent methods for coral reef Elkhorn coral, Curacaoconservation and restoration.
Among the participants, you find coral conservationists, aquarists, scientists and researchers.
The SECORE workshop offer researchers the infrastructure, the tools and know-how, which are necessary to work with coral spawn, coral larvae and primary settled corals.
Public outreach
During the workshop there will be a public evening at the Curacao Sea Aquarium. Lectures to inform the local public about the project and nature conservation in the Caribbean will be given. More information you can find under the press section.
Follow this workshop
There will be a daily updated weblog about the whereabouts of the participants and their work in progress.
See the SECORE website by clicking this link.
SECORE is also on Facebook