AGRRA Training Empowering Reef Conservation A 5-Day AGRRA Workshop at Anthony’s Key Resort From April 24 to 28, 2023, Anthony’s Key Resort and the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences provided the facilities and equipment for an intensive reef conservation workshop by Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) and Healthy Reefs. The five-day workshop trained participants from Honduras, Mexico, …
Marine Science Internships Dolphin Training and Research Internship The Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences is excited to offer a 5-week Dolphin Training & Research Internship this summer. The program is open to upper-level undergraduates or recent graduates and will be limited to 12 interns. Interns will live and work at our facility and gain valuable …
Coral Nursery Program Coral Nursery Outplant Growth Photos of a few of the outplants that Education Coordinator Jennifer Keck and volunteer students groups have done. Their growth in a year is pretty impressive, given that most corals grow only 1 cm a year! You can also see with the Elkhorn how they have grown onto …
Women’s Dive Day Helping to Create Balance Between Humanity and the Ocean “The water doesn’t care who you are where you come from or what do you do. We are all equal underwater and we all speak one language when we dive.” – Nouf Alosaimi, Saudi Arabia PADI® Women’s Dive Day has grown into the most …
Employee CPR Training In early February 2018, retired Fire Commander, Ronald Ellerman conducted CPR Training for 84 of our staff members. The CPR trainees included dive staff, bartenders, wait staff, front desk staff, housekeeping, dolphin trainers at RIMS, Maya Key staff, and managers. CPR Training Overview The course began by defining CPR as an acronym …
Coral Spawning One of the most spectacular events to occur on a reef is the annual spawning of corals. This phenomenon only happens once a year in many species and its timing is tied to the lunar cycle, the tidal cycle, the photoperiod and seawater temperature. Spawning of the massive star corals (Orbicella spp.) on Roatan, …
