SECORE’s Annual Report | Our wrap up for 2024
Published at: October 8th, 2025 by Carin JantzenJoin us on our journey and read our 2024 Annual Report here, find out how we continue to work towards our pursuit of sustainably restoring coral reefs worldwide. Our Vision: a world where thriving coral reefs support healthy oceans for future generations
“2025 marks 10 Years for SECORE as a nonprofit organization and we remain ambitious and relentless in pursuit of our Mission”, says Rob Rokoff, Chair, Board of Directors. “SECORE's achievements in 2024 are more than facts and math, it is an incredible story of resilience, and a call to action.”
Last year was indeed a special year. For example, we established our new team in Mauritius. “We are excited to bring our successful capacity building and training model to the Indian Ocean”, says Aric Bickel, SECOREs Senior Director of Implementation and Technology. “In the Western Indian Ocean, Coral Seeding is still in the very early stages of application and the interest we received during our meetings with potential candidate groups has been truly inspiring. We already see the impact of the regional spawning monitoring working groups we have established.”
Our first bred Coral Babies in Mauritius!
The first training events took place in September this year, with online introductory training courses for international partners and an on-site course for participants from Mauritius and neighbouring islands.
Our CRIBs are an important part of our restoration technology toolbox and are now available in three additional versions. We have also developed an “underwater CRIB,” the Coral Seeding Tents. These allow lab-grown coral larvae to be settled underwater on Seeding Units. “We started out with trials where we directly settled larvae onto the reef during which we had the idea to put Seeding Units under a tent like device, “ says Miles McGonigle, our Lead Engineer. “By testing prototypes with different functionalities and through input from our partners we developed the design that we are at now which I’m really excited to get to our partners.”
Many of our implementation partners will now implement this new technology in their restoration efforts on-site, as it offers unique possibilities such as raising coral babies in deeper and thus cooler waters. Read more about our CRIB designs here.
Late Dinner for Corals: feeding Coral Babies in the CRIB at Night
We give the coral babies a head-start by feeding them with natural plankton in the CRIB, as even under good natural conditions, only very few young corals grow into adult colonies.
“Now that we have the tools and technologies to outplant corals at scale, one of the biggest challenges we face is the natural high mortality of settlers after outplanting”, says Kelly Latijhouwers, SECORE’s former Restoration Technology Manager. “By adding this simple, low-tech, and widely accessible step to our rearing methods, our implementation partners across the region can boost settler fitness before outplanting. Thus, making restoration efforts more effective.”
Read our 2024’s Annual Report here
Enjoy updates of our work, insights from the field and the wonderful photos by our team and our Coral Ambassadors behind the camera!
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