Quicklook Report : Coral Spawning 2024: Activities and Observations

The Coral Research and Assessment Lab (CoRAL) at NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center has monitored coral spawning patterns and collected gametes from APAL and OFAV in the upper Florida Keys since 2000. This year marks the fourth year utilizing our new and recently expanded CoRAL wet lab facility located at the University of Miami’s Experimental Hatchery allowing us to bring gametes collected from Key Largo, Florida, back to our Miami-based wet lab to complete the gamete fertilization process, rear larvae, settle recruits, and continue the recruit grow-out for future research and restoration projects.