What Can You Do?

What's Being Done:

Currently, organizations like the World Wildlife Fund are working to repopulate coral reefs with humphead wrasse that were originally going to be sold by local fishermen. Working with various partners to achieve since 2010, more than 860 Humphead Wrasse have been released into the wild (WWF, 2021). In addition, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has made multiple efforts to help prevent extinction. They have made underwater census surveys of Humphead Wrasse possible, and through CITES, funds for census surveys have been made possible by the U.S. Coral Reef Fund (Gillett, 2010). A marine sanctuary was established off the coast of Seychelles, near D’Arros and St. Joseph islands. A study published by Save Our Seas Foundation suggests that this sanctuary could directly benefit conservation efforts (Voutour, 2020).

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How You Can Help:

1. Choose sustainable seafood: do not support unsustainable fishing practices such as overfishing or the illegal hunting of endangered species.

2. Use a sunscreen that does not harm coral reefs; protect the humpheads habitat.

3. Reduce your carbon footprint. Greenhouse gasses cause coral bleaching and are a detriment to biodiversity everywhere.

4. Support ecotourism that promotes the wellbeing of the environment and local communities. 

5-10. Donate to and spread awareness surrounding the 6 organizations linked below that are fighting to save humphead wrasse and their habitat.

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Linked below are resources through which you can help to support and save the humphead wrasse.