NOAA Coral Program

The official Twitter account for @NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program. We preserve and restore coral reefs for current and future generations.

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

We’ve published new products, Fiscal Year 2021–26 Performance Factsheets, on our website! 🪸📊

Explore project outcomes, on-the-ground impacts, and tools across all 4 pillars from our 2018 Strategic Plan:
https://t.co/1GvbsUFBzv

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

Good morning! May your coffee this morning be stronger than a barnacle's grip on a humpback whale. 🐋☕
@Hihumpbackwhale
https://t.co/koBOcRGU50

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

Have a clam-tastic weekend!
https://t.co/kjxw1Hzenk
📷: LCDR Eric Johnson, NOAA Corps.

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

Our National Coral Reef Monitoring Program coral & macroalgae cover data are integrated into NOAA’s National Marine Ecosystem Status website, providing key indicators of marine ecosystem status via their dashboard. Check out the latest updates: https://t.co/DbD7TDOecc

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

#TBT to this curious Hawaiian monk seal, captured swimming at Laysan Island (Kauō) in 1969 by Dr. James McVey. Learn how successful recovery efforts for this endangered species have shifted population decline to growth: https://t.co/GyP1sIjTJN @NOAAFish_PIFSC

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

Parrotfish use their beak-like teeth to scrape algae off reefs, often breaking off chunks of coral in the process. They then grind up the calcium carbonate material and excrete it as sand, clearing space for new coral larvae to settle!
https://t.co/6tlCtOpH0F
#TheMoreYouKnow

[NOAA Fisheries @NOAAFisheries]

Cool coral restoration loading! With $5 million from NOAA, Sea Ventures is restoring 30,000 square meters of coral reef habitat—about the size of 5 and a half football fields—on Cayo Largo, off Puerto Rico. https://t.co/6wjimkYCgi

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

One of our management areas, the U.S. Pacific Remote Islands Area, encompasses 7 islands & atolls across the central Pacific! Though all are remote & relatively unimpacted, each features distinct reef areas, ecological communities & levels of human impact. https://t.co/hel8ApCOcU

[ICRS Student & Early Career Chapter @ICRSreefstudent]

🎓 Fully-funded Master's Student Position Available 🎓

Interested in reef fish symbioses??

The Fish Connections Lab at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is seeking a master's student beginning in Fall 2027!!

See our job board for details!
https://t.co/5dfJI8J6e1

[NOAA's Flower Garden Banks Natl Marine Sanctuary @FGBNMS]

How are the coral reefs at East and West Flower Garden Banks holding up after back-to-back bleaching events?

Our latest Long-Term Monitoring Report is here!

🔗 Explore the full report: https://t.co/ZpZmydtOFV

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

While it looks like this coral is joining #NoShaveNovember, in reality these coral polyps are extending their tentacles to capture plankton! The tentacles contain stinging cells called nematocysts that use a barb to inject toxins into prey.
https://t.co/TYuhBzcbox
📷: @FGBNMS

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

Has gorging on Halloween candy all weekend made you feel a little… rotund? Us too.
https://t.co/kjxw1HyGxM
📷: Bruce Moravchik / @oceanexplorer

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN to all you angelfish & anglerfish, goblin sharks and ghost crabs, vampire squids and actual vampires! While you gorge on all of your candy this weekend, check out the boo-tiful creatures featured in @oceanexplorer's 31 Dives of Halloween. https://t.co/29tKJAUrz2

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

Use this chilling, creepy content in your classrooms, at your organizations, or with your loved ones at home!
https://t.co/8AFtnUgY5U
#NOAASpookyScience @NOAAeducation

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#DYK @NOAAFisheries has a handy dandy tool for measuring your fish catch in Hawai’i? Check out the online PDF, or request a waterproof hardcopy from the Pacific Islands office.
https://t.co/iOp0v8aiyr

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

We recently completed the latest National Coral Reef Monitoring Program's socioeconomic survey report for the U.S. Virgin Islands. Check out the summary infographic here:
https://t.co/cMP3gVyFOW
@noaacoastalsci #NCRMP

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🎉💰NOAA has awarded $1 million each to the Atlantic and Pacific Reef Research Coordination Institutes (designated earlier this year), which includes 5 coral reef research & management projects.
https://t.co/in11rpYyHo
@NSUResearch @UHawaiiNews

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We’re keeping our eye on #PuertoRico & #USVI, where heat stress continues to build. 2026 heat stress is higher at this time of year than it was last year, meaning more heat is accumulating & bleaching potential is higher.
https://t.co/8H3eeUpKCP

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

It’s Monday already?!

The marbled grouper, pictured here, is generally shy and hides in crevices and underneath reefs. It is also not a heavily fished species.
https://t.co/k4OnyKkFZl
@FGBNMS

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

Checked into the anemone for the next 48 hours. Zero plans, total comfort. 🐠
https://t.co/9i5wvra7Xt