👋 Join us in thanking Amy for an incredible five months at CCMI! 💙 As a Wheaton Women in Ocean Science Award Intern, she made valuable contributions to our parrotfish research, reef monitoring & coral nursery work. 🐟🪸 Thank you, Amy! You’ll be missed! @Wheaton_PM

🪸Big news at CCMI! 🏝️ Join us in congratulating Balt on his well-deserved promotion to Field Station Manager! 🎉 After 3+ years keeping our field station running smoothly, we’re excited to see him take on this new role. Congrats, Balt! 👏

This year, 20,000+ of you joined us for Reefs Go Live! Protecting the ocean begins with knowing it. We're glad so many joined us for underwater adventures on Little Cayman's reefs. For all episodes: youtube.com/@reefresearch Thanks to the Edmund F. & Virginia B. Ball Foundation.

🪸New project alert! CCMI is assessing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease around Little Cayman. We’ll track its spread, impacts on coral species & potential drivers to help inform future monitoring & conservation efforts. Learn more: reefresearch.org/our-work/re… @UKBCFs

A peak into a day of a CCMI WIOSA research intern- brought to you by @Wheaton_PM. Through their support of the Wheaton Woman in Ocean Science Award (WIOSA), CCMI helps advance women in ocean sciences to become leading professionals by providing mentoring, funding & field access.

Not every day in coral restoration is spent underwater! These nursery frames will soon support staghorn coral fragments before they’re outplanted onto the reef. Thanks to the Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust, Artex, @WalkersGlobal, Marfire & Baker & Partners for their support.

Join us for a morning with the Young Environmentalist Leadership Course (YELC) students! ✔️boat packed ✔️dive briefing done ✔️morning of reef surveys, coral nursery work &putting new skills into practice underwater ✔️shark cameo along the way 🦈

Every business can make an impact for the ocean. The Doug Allan Ocean Sustainability Awards recognise Cayman orgs taking action through sustainability, community engagement & innovation. Know an organisation making a difference? Nominate by 1 Sept.🔗reefresearch.org/ocean-decad…

🪸Can deeper reefs provide a safer refuge as ocean temperatures continue to rise? CCMI researchers have installed mini coral nursery frames across 4 depths to find out. By monitoring coral health & growth, we're building more resilient restoration strategies!

🎁Make 2026 gifting meaningful. Choose coral restoration or scholarships for local students & we’ll create a co-branded digital package showing your clients the impact your company is making in Cayman. 🇰🇾 🔗 tinyurl.com/CCMI-gifts 📧Contact us: [email protected]

Follow a fish through the different life stages in this animation from Reefs Go Live, starting in the open ocean, travelling through mangroves & seagrass meadows, and finally reaching the coral reef. Reefs Go Live is made possible by the Edmund F. & Virginia B. Ball Foundation.

In June, participants in our Field Research Skills course built their own model coral nurseries.🪸 While the coral fragments used in this video are not alive, the process of building a coral nursery is the same with live corals underwater (but with much larger frames!).

Festival of Seas is more than a gala; it's an experience! 🥂 Enjoy handcrafted cocktails, a multi-course dinner, live entertainment, dancing & auctions - all supporting CCMI's research, education & conservation efforts. More info & to reserve tickets: reefresearch.org/festival-of…

Meet Marge, a most enthusiastic AGRRA survey assistant. While we were busy collecting reef monitoring data at Marilyn’s Cut, Marge the Nassau grouper made it her mission to supervise the surveys. Just another day in the office - for us and for Marge!

We're excited to welcome our newest @Wheaton_PM Women in Ocean Science Award Intern, Elana Sinclair, to CCMI! A Caymanian with a passion for tropical marine conservation, Elana is excited to be part of CCMI & contribute to our work in Little Cayman. Welcome to the team, Elana!