Description

This document is a 111 page formal academic petition to the US government (in the form of NOAA Fisheries) to list the Caribbean Acroporiid corals: Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), and the hybrid Fused-staghorn coral (Acropora prolifera) under the Endangered Species act (ESA).

This formal petition was created and submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity.

The document features many photographs taken by Sean Nash on trips to Andros Island in The Bahamas with groups of high school students enrolled his marine biology course.