Coral Reef Conservation In Seychelles

We appreciate your ongoing support of the Coral Reef Conservation project in the Seychelles. Our research is a contributing factor to Seychelles' conservation efforts.

Your donations have helped us to continue our research on reef health and aquatic debris, and your generous donations help us equip for these tasks.

Here are just a few examples of what we've been up to recently.

• We've been fragmenting corals for our not one, but two coral nurseries! We look forward to updating you in our next report.
• We spent a day with some school children giving thanks to the ocean and talking about the importance of recycling!  we had fun turning some of our recycling into the Seychelles flag for the school to display.
• We continue our regular beach clean ups. In one of our most recent morning clean ups we collected a total of 80 kilos of trash plus 61 plastic and 24 glass bottles
• One weekend we showcased our work at Dekouver Nou Losean.With the climate crisis in mind we chose to focus on our coral reef restoration efforts, with a miniature model of our coral nursery, painted corals to show how to do coral watch surveys. We spoke to adults and children about how they can help save our reefs and the whole event was a huge success!
• Recently, we have been lucky enough to assist with some BRUV (Baited Remote Underwater Video) research to assess the presence of sharks and other important predators in areas of Northern Mahe.
• We acknowledged the 10th anniversary of women’s dive day.  it works to promote inclusion and encourage more women to dive! 
• In addition to our standard data collection on fish, invertebrates, and corals, we've conducted endangered species surveys and biodiversity surveys in Seychelles. Your support with resources for these surveys is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your fantastic support, which helps us continue our essential research, education work, and work in the coral reef nursery. It also supports our ongoing efforts to clean debris from the ocean, beaches, and mangroves. 

We look forward to updating you next quarter