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Along Jamaica's 894 km (556 mi) of coastline are 763 km 2 (295 sq mi) of coral reefs as of 2014. [7] However, the reefs were once much larger. About 85% of Jamaica's coral reefs were lost between 1980–2000. [8] Coral reef distribution on the northern coast of Jamaica extends from Morant Point in the east to Negril in the west.
Every year, reefs provide about $2.7 trillion in goods and services, from tourism to coastal protection, according to a 2020 estimate by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network.
The group is working to restore 5 acres of coral reef in Puerto Rico by planting fragments across six reefs and returning long-spined sea urchins to the ecosystem.
The Caribbean's coral reefs will cease to exist in 20 years if a conservation effort is not made. [126] In 2005, 34 percent of Jamaica's coral reefs were bleached due to rising sea temperatures. [127] Jamaica's coral reefs are also threatened by overfishing, pollution, natural disasters, and reef mining. [128]
In 2014, The Ocean Agency started recording the 3rd Global Coral Bleaching Event, which became the subject of the Netflix Original Documentary Chasing Coral. [4] The documentary premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released on Netflix in July 2017. [5] In 2016, The Ocean Agency ideated 50 Reefs — a global plan to save coral reefs.
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Thomas Fritz Goreau (August 16, 1924 in Germany - April 22, 1970 in New York) was a marine biologist who worked extensively on the coral reefs of Jamaica, and many other reefs in the Pacific, Caribbean, and Red Sea. He is the son of renowned science photographer Fritz Goro. [1]
Humans don't know what they're missing under the surface of a busy shipping channel in the “cruise capital of the world.”