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World Ocean Day celebration set for June 8

Maui Ocean Center will celebrate World Ocean Day with educational and cultural activities, live music and marine naturalist presentations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, June 8.

Marine Institute at Maui Ocean Center launches initiative to address ongoing vessel groundings, threat to coral reefs

The Marine Institute at Maui Ocean Center has launched a comprehensive stakeholder survey and community initiative aimed at reducing vessel grounding incidents and strengthening reef protection and response systems across Maui.

Marine Institute to lead Hawaiian monk seal response program on Maui

The Marine Institute at Maui Ocean Center is partnering with the NOAA to strengthen efforts to protect endangered Hawaiian monk seals on Maui.

World Ocean Day celebration set for June 8 

Maui Ocean Center will celebrate World Ocean Day with family-friendly activities including live music, educational stations and marine naturalist presentations from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 8.

Corals damaged by yacht returned to Honolua Bay following rehabilitation

Rehabilitated coral fragments damaged by a grounded luxury yacht more than two years ago were returned yesterday to Honolua Bay on Maui’s northwestern coast.

Volunteers wanted for MOC Marine Institute and SHARKastics Reef Cleanup 

The Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute and SHARKastics will host a collaborative reef cleanup along Sugar Beach on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 8 to 11 a.m.

Kama‘āina receive $10 admission for World Ocean Day 

World Ocean Day is held each year on June 8 to “help unite and rally the world to protect and restore our blue planet.” Maui Ocean Center will celebrate World Ocean Day with family-friendly activities including live music, art projects and marine naturalist presentations from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 8. Discounted admission for kama‘āina, with valid Hawaiʻi state ID, is $10 per person (ages 3 and younger are free).

Honolua Bay coral restoration project under way

One year after a luxury yacht caused extensive damage to the reef in Honolua Bay on Maui’s northwestern coast, staff and volunteers with the Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute continue to care for coral fragments collected from the reef.

MOC Marine Institute invites volunteers for community beach clean-up on March 9

As part of a beach and reef clean-up initiative, the Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute has partnered with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to kick off their initial beach clean-up at Sugar Beach on Saturday, March 9, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

MOC Marine Institute Works to Restore Seven Damaged Reef Sites in Lahaina

The Maui Ocean Center, Marine Institute’s coral restoration team coordinated an emergency response and restoration projects to save corals at seven different sites in Lahaina, recently damaged by commercial boat anchors.