Committed to Conservation
REEF ALLIANCE is an evolving program that promotes sustainable diving practices and environmental education. Our message is primarily delivered to individuals who participate in Sea TREK helmet diving tours around the world. (Sea TREK is a guided underwater walking tour for non-divers and non-swimmers.) Many of these individuals are encountering marine life for their first time. As responsible stewards of the ocean, our mission is to educate, create awareness, and be proactive. We are committed to conservation and hope you will join us in our efforts.
Protect our Oceans
Our world oceans prive us with air to breathe, food to eat and resources for businesses to thrive.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
The more trash we can eliminate, the healthier our environment becomes. Buy locally + reuse + recycle + repurpose = reduce your impact.
Get Involved
Sign up to clean up! Reef Alliance and International Coastal Cleanup are two ways you can get involved and make a difference.
Start in Your Community
Think locally, act globally. All rivers lead to the ocean; keeping local waterways clean and free of debris is a small change with global impact.
Commmit to Conservation
Be a part of the solution, not part of the pollution. Take the Reef Alliance pledge today!
Share
Conserving the environment gets a little easier with help from friends. Share your commitment and spread the word!
Reef Alliance Day
Celebrated annually on the 3rd Saturday in September, Reef Alliance Day is an event that coincides with the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. All over the world, thousands of volunteers work together to remove trash and debris from beaches, reefs, lakes, rivers and local waterways. Items such as fishing line, plastic bags, bottle caps and cigarette butts are removed and kept away from sea life. Sign up to cleanup here!
Reef Alliance Award Winner 2019
DELPHINUS (Quintana Roo, Mexico)
Read about their incredible contributions to the Reef Alliance Program
Enhancing Our Reefs
Tourism businesses, such as Sea TREK, rely on the healthy oceans for success. One method utilized to maintain reefs and in turn, healthy tourism, is to take pressure off of the natural reefs through artificial enhancements. Items such as reef balls, 3d printed modular reefs, and decommissioned, stripped-down vehciles, are utilized to enhance underwater areas. These manmade structures can convert a once-barren area to a thriving home, providing surfaces for new coral growth and hiding places for fish, while offering an interesting scene for human interaction.
CONSERVATION
Reef enhancements support marine life by taking pressure off of natural reefs and allowing populations to thrive
RESTORATION
Reef enhancement can restore habitats that have been damaged due to past physical impacts
Artifical Enhancement Examples
Taking Pressure Off of Our Natural Reefs
Protecting Wild Fish Populations
Reef Alliance and Sea TREK are proud to partner wiht Rising Tide Conservation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of coral reefs and wild fish populations through sustainable aquaculture. Rising Tide collaborates with research universities and public aquariums to discover new methods to captive breed saltwater aquarium fish, in order to reduce the negative impacts of fishing on coral reefs.
Recently, Rising Tide and the team at the University of Florida Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory successfully captive bred Pacific Blue Tang. To learn more about this project, visit Rising Tide Conservation’s website.
The Life Cycle of the Blue Tang
- Eggs: Fertilized eggs develop into fish
- Larval: Larval fish live off a yolk sac
- Fry: Fry start eating on their own
- Juvenile: The time fish spend developing from fry into adults
- Adult: Fish are avble to reproduce
- Spawning: Female fish releases eggs and male fish fertilize them
Research & Development
Donations raised through the SeaTREK program at Discovery Cove Orlando have contributed nearly $50,000 to Rising Tide Conservation! Enough to fully fund the research of one PhD student.
How can you contribute?
Try SeaTREK on your next vacation! When you participate in SeaTREK*, a portion of your payment is donated to Rising Tide. This money is used to directly fund a PhD student’s research in sustainable aquaculture.
*only at participating SeaTREK locations
Learn More
Through shared research and education, Rising Tide can increase the amount of captive-bred species of marine onramental fish available to aquarium hobbyists, and reduce our impact on coral reefs. To learn more, visit risingtideconservation.org
Get in Touch!
Want to learn more about Reef Alliance? Send us a message!