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Expanding the Community of Kelp Forest Monitors: The Integration of Fishing Communities into Reef Check Baja California

April 29, 2026

In March, two more fishing cooperatives were trained to monitor kelp forests. Made possible by the collaboration with COBI (Comunidad y Biodiversidad, A.C.), Reef Check Baja was invited to teach…

Latest Reef Check Coral Reef Data Available on Aqualink

April 29, 2026

The latest coral reef data from Reef Check has been uploaded to Aqualink! A year ago, Reef Check announced Aqualink as an official Global Reef Tracker partner for Reef Check’s…

New EcoExpedition Available in Madagascar

April 29, 2026

Mora Mora Conservation with the University of Marche will organize two sessions of 14-day field courses on coral reefs in November 2026 and March/April 2027, taking you to the island…

Reef Check Featured in New Documentary Holdfast Together

April 29, 2026

Reef Check is featured in a new documentary from Seatrees about the restoration of Northern California's kelp forests. Holdfast Together: Keepers of California's Kelp follows the divers, scientists, and conservationists…

2026 Kelp Forest Monitoring Trainings Now Open! Register Today!

February 25, 2026

Reef Check’s Kelp Forest Monitoring training classes for 2026 are now open for registration! There are five opportunities in California, Oregon and Baja California for divers to get involved as…

Reef Check Coral Data Featured in Two Recent Publications

February 25, 2026

Earlier this month, Nature Communications published the article, “Severe and widespread coral reef damage during the 2014-2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event”. The paper relied on Reef Check’s coral reef data…