Florida Keys reefs once had living coral on 30% to 40% of their surfaces. That's down to about 2% for many reefs. A new project will transplant nursery-grown coral into the areas, and reintroduce sea urchins that died out in the '80s. WLRN
Reefs along the Keys once commonly had coral cover of 30 to 40 percent of its surfaces. Those healthy reefs protected the Keys from storms, nurtured fish and lobsters and helped create a thriving tourism industry that relies heavily on diving, snorkeling and fishing.Now the coral cover is more like 2 percent on a lot of the reefs that still draw tourists.
Those reefs range from Carysfort off Key Largo to Eastern Dry Rocks off Key West. They are among the most popular with divers and snorkelers. The new plan calls them"iconic."Credit Ken NedimyerThe decline of coral reefs is blamed on several causes, many of them regional or global. That includes climate change and water quality. And the already ailing reefs are more susceptible to damage from storms and boat groundings.
"I think success, for me, is going to be when we have people that come to dive on these reefs, come to snorkel on these reefs and get in and go to one of these sites and hop out of the water and say, 'Wow that looks a lot better than it looked five years ago,'" Moore said.The project is coordinating and expanding reef restoration efforts that the sanctuary and nonprofit groups have been working on for years in the Keys.
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