#Non native Coral

NOAA ‘mother ship’ circling Hawaiian Islands as scientist scuba divers monitor coral reefs

Twenty scientists, in addition to crew members, are aboard Oscar Elton Sette, which departed its home port of Honolulu on July 1.

DLNR project combats non-native corals

The non-natives are not yet considered invasive because they’re isolated to a relatively small area and are small, and the DAR team plans to keep it that way.