Working Groups
One way in which the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) works to accomplish its mission and implement projects and activities is through the coordination of smaller, issue specific working groups. USCRTF working groups have been created for several purposes, which include the development of the National Action Plan and to direct the actions and fulfill the goals of a particular resolution.
Active Working Groups:
- Coral Health and Disease Consortium Working Group
- Education and Outreach Working Group
- Climate Change Working Group
- Enforcement Working Group
- Restoration and Intervention Working Group
- Mitigation Working Group
- Watershed Working Group
Inactive Working Groups:
- Air and Water Quality Working Group
- Aquaculture Working Group
- Coastal Uses Working Group
- Coral Spawning Working Group
- Ecosystem Science and Conservation Working Group
- Education and Outreach Working Group
- Injury Response Tools Working Group
- International Working Group
- Mapping and Information Working Group
- Roadways Working Group
- Water Quality Working Group