Four practices are the best of methods

Nearly 90% of live coral in the Florida Keys has been lost.

Efforts are underway
more than 300 miles away —
a controlled environment
that shields it from threats
found in open waters.

This is a pivot.
The heat was so hot
it killed a lot of the inventory.
We needed an alternative.

Thousands of small fish called mollies
maintain mouth
algae off the coral,
a task that once required scuba divers
armed with toothbrushes.

Coral fragments brought in from Keys nurseries.
100,000 a year.

Evaluate Watch
which strains show the best survival rates —
we don't have time
for trial and error.

The mollies don't know they're saving anything. They're just hungry, and the coral is still here.