•RAJA AMPAT, INDONESIA: CORAL established Misool, Raja Ampat, as a full-fledged CRSD site in Indonesia. The user fee established by CORAL earned more than $100,000 in its first year of existence, and that figure is expected to double next year. CORAL hired a part-time Indonesia field representative based in Bali.
•MEXICO: CORAL Reef Leaders trained more than 250 boat captions and tour guides in sustainable marine recreation. Ten marine recreation operators received critical assessments through the Environmental Walk- Through program. CORAL was invited to join the advisory committee for the Cozumel Reefs National Park.
•BELIZE: Forty of nearly 70 planned mooring buoys were installed, which will remove more than 25,000 anchors from Belize's reefs every year. Nearly 100 percent of Belize's cruise ship contractors completed CORAL's Environmental Walk-Through program.
•HONDURAS: CORAL expanded its educational work to include mainland tour operators in Cayos Cochinos. The Environmental Walk-Through program was launched in Roatan. The Roatan Marine Park matched CORAL's microgrants for park infrastructure improvements to install moorings and channel markers and provide poaching control.
•HAWAII: Two hundred volunteers have come together as the Kona Task Force to create voluntary standards for marine recreation. CORAL and its partners installed nearly 30 Respecting Coral Reefs signs on Maui to educate visitors.
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