It is only recently that the gathering of coral for the marine aquarium industry has been halted. Global warming, too, is having an adverse effect on this fragile ecosystem. Studies by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and others have concluded that if drastic steps are not taken to prevent further destruction, all reefs could be dead within the next forty years. If the coral dies, this will have an extremely adverse effect on other marine life. Its absence will then have dire consequences on the world s human population.
Coral provides food and shelter for many of the oceans creatures.
Alan feels that Dominica is an ideal venue in which to operate AMT s privately funded coral propagation farm. The team at AMT consists of engineers, divers, marine biologists, construction managers, coral husbandry specialists and marketing strategists who are located in Dominica and the United States. This action will provide damaged reefs with an enhanced means to heal. Otherwise, recovery could take hundreds of years. The organization has an ambitious plan to eventually grow all of the 2,500 different types of hard and soft coral that exist in the world.