Caribbean Corals Under Siege – Battling Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the Virgin Islands


Produced and Directed by Paul Cater Deaton

Believed to have hitched a ride from Florida in the ballasts of container ships, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease has infected large reef areas in the Virgin Islands. Species like staghorn and pillar corals have already sustained heavy losses, and scientists, educators, divers and community organizers have mobilized to try to save what they can of what’s left. Includes interviews with famed oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, Dr. Marilyn Brandt of the University of the Virgin Islands, and Kitty Edwards of the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources.

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