SCTLD Response must be a multi-prong approach at all levels. There is no clear-cut path to take when addressing SCTLD, each country along with local organizations must work together to find a best fit approach for their specific local, national, and regional context based on human and financial resources and response capacity and expertise.
- 2018June
Red Alert
Healthy Reefs Initiative (HRI) shared a Red Alert before SCTLD appeared in Belize - 2018October
Awareness
Fragments of Hope (FoH) did presentations and issued Posters and ID Cards to stakeholders. - 2019April
Planning
HRI and FoH made media appearances and hosted Response Planning and Workshops - 2019June
Detected in BCMR
- 2020April
Detected in HCMR
- 2020May
Detected in CCMR
- 2020May
Spread
55 miles from first site of infection
- 2020July
HCMR Restoration
All fragments from colony that first started to manifest disease on the table removed - 2020September
Detected in Light House Reef Atoll
- 2020October
HCMR Restoration
No signs of disease on remaining 50 fragments in nursery
GCFI73 2020
Alicia Nunez, Kirah Castillo, Beverly Wade, Adriel Castañeda