Recovery Status Review for 15 Species of Indo-Pacific Reef-building Corals

This document, the Recovery Status Review, contains a comprehensive collection of information for the 15 Species of Indo-Pacific Reef-building Corals Listed under the Endangered Species Act, with updated information collected since the publication of the 2011 Status Review Report (SRR) for the 75 petitioned species (Brainard et al. 2011), the 2012 Management Report (NMFS 2012), the 2014 final listing rule for the 15 listed species (79 FR 53851), and the 2019 general status review conducted as part of the response to the petition to list for Pocillopora meandrina (Smith 2019). This Recovery Status Review provides the most comprehensive and current information on the 15 species’ biology, ecology, status and threats, and conservation efforts.