WMNF

Update: NOAA delays listing pillar coral as “endangered”

Pillar coral with a threespot damselfish. By USFWS. On Friday NOAA announced that it is delaying protections for pillar coral. The 60-day delay means that the effective date of the pillar coral ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Caribbean’s Pillar Coral Protected as Endangered

MIAMI— The National Marine Fisheries Service issued a final rule today to change the status of the pillar coral, a species found in Florida waters and elsewhere in the Caribbean, from threatened to ...
WMNF

Pillar coral is now “endangered” under the ESA

Pillar coral with a threespot damselfish. By USFWS. The National Marine Fisheries Service issued a final rule on Monday to change the status of one coral species from threatened to endangered under ...
WLRN

Rare coral added to endangered species list

Florida’s very rare pillar coral is being added to the endangered species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the listing Monday. The rare corals look like fingers reaching up from the ...
WTSP

Scientists, experts try to freeze coral to preserve the species at Florida Aquarium

TAMPA, Fla. — A group of international biologists and experts are attempting to freeze coral larvae to preserve the endangered species. Pillar coral, which looks like fingers or a cluster of cigars ...
WLRN

Increased federal protections are delayed for 'threatened' pillar corals due to a White House memo

The Trump administration is delaying efforts to increase protections for the threatened pillar coral species. This is part of a freeze on new federal regulations, pending a 60-day review. Pillar ...