SECORE

SECORE (SExual COral REproduction) is an international non-profit organization focused on coral reef conservation. The group has over sixty supporters in North America, Europe and Japan, and comprises public aquariums, institutes, and universities. Founded in 2001¹ at the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands, the organization has been developing methods of captive coral reproduction and preservation, citing studies that have predicted coral reefs could be extinct within decades due to climate change.

SECORE (SExual COral REproduction) is an international non-profit organization focused on coral reef conservation. The group has over sixty supporters in North America, Europe and Japan, and comprises public aquariums, institutes, and universities. Founded in 2001 at the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands, the organization has been developing methods of captive coral reproduction and preservation, citing studies that have predicted coral reefs could be extinct within decades due to climate change. ===Asia=== Ochanomizu University Marine Research Station Layang Layang ===Europe=== The Deep National Marine Aquarium Aquarium La Rochelle Océanopolis Aquazoo – Löbbecke Museum in Düsseldorf Cologne Zoo Hagenbeck Zoo Ruhr University Bochum University of Duisburg-Essen Wilhelma Stuttgart Acquario di Genova Musee Oceanographique Artis Zoo Burgers Zoo Rotterdam Zoo Wageningen University Oceanario de Lisboa Planet Neptune Aquarium Zoo Aquarium de Madrid The Maritime Museum and Aquarium in Gothenburg Skansen-Akvariet ===North America=== Curaçao Sea Aquarium Audubon Aquarium of the Americas Aquarium in Moody Gardens Berkshire Museum Aquarium Birch Aquarium Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park Discovery World Downtown Aquarium, Houston The Florida Aquarium Georgia Aquarium Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Houston Zoo Indianapolis Zoo Minnesota Zoo National Aquarium in Baltimore National Aquarium in Washington, D.C. National Zoological Park (United States) New England Aquarium North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo Pennsylvania State University Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Seattle Aquarium Seaworld Orlando Seaworld Texas Shedd Aquarium University of Houston Virginia Living Museum Virginia Marine Science Museum SECORE Workshop Curacao 2011 Mary Hagedorn and Mike Henley. Rearing Elkhorn coral at the National Zoo Acropora palmata larve video, Coralscience.org Pennisi E. 2007. Reefs in trouble - spawning for a better life. Science 318(5857):1712-1717.

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