Assessment and Triage of Impacts to Coral Reefs in PR from Hurricanes Maria and Irma (2018)
Sea Ventures’ MRU conducted coral assessments and restoration from the destruction left by Hurricanes Maria and Irma in Puerto Rico to inform the development of recovery strategies under FEMA’s Natural and Cultural Resources (NCR) Recovery Support Function (RSF).
T/V Margara Grounding, Talboa, PR (2006)
In 2006, the MRU team assisted Continental Shelf Associates, Inc. with coral reef damage assessment, remediation, and restoration efforts in response to the grounding of the 228-m oil tanker T/V Margara off the southern coast of Puerto Rico. Read More
Since 2003, Sea Ventures’ MRU has installed vessel moorings and speed limit buoys throughout Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra Islands. Sea Ventures’ MRU provides all of the required vessels staff, supplies, tools, and equipment needed for these installations. Read More
M/V Suez Matthew, Guayanilla Bay, PR (2009)
The M/V Suez Matthew, a 183-m liquefied natural gas tanker, grounded in Guayanilla Bay off the southern coast of Puerto Rico in 2009. Using the coral nursery that Sea Ventures developed in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the MRU team transplanted 1,600 colonies of staghorn coral Read More
Ras Laffan Coral & Halul Island, Qatar (2013-2014)
Securing material on top of the rocky surface and inserting
In partnership with Creocean, our MRU team designed and conducted a coral relocation project in Qatar as part of a nearshore trenching project for cable deployment conducted by LS Cable. Read More
Mosquito Pier, Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico (2007-2008)
In partnership with Geo-Marine, Inc., our MRU team conducted an assessment of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for the Puerto Rico Ports Authority. Under U.S. federal regulations, EFH includes the waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity. EFH-designated waters and substrate are protected from adverse effects
Multiple Small Vessel Groundings, PR and USVI (2004-2015)
Sea Ventures’ MRU has a long history of providing emergency reef restoration, monitoring, and marine debris removal in response to vessel groundings. Over the past 10 years, our team has responded to over 64 small vessel groundings and restored over 35,000 coral colonies at these grounding sites for NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration. The groundings were scattered throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, including the waters surrounding the outlying islands of Mona, Vieques, and Culebra.