Artificial reef construction is largely a result of volunteer efforts. The Artificial Reef Research Dives Handbook aides in Properly training sport divers to assist in reef building and monitoring by providing feedback information and documentation. Volunteer reef research divers can provide a valuable public service, not otherwise available from state or academic institutions, by establishing their own reef research, monitoring and documentation projects and storing this information in a publicly accessible reef data archive. The purpose of this handbook is to provide background information and guidelines for sport divers (1) to gather information about their community’s artificial reefs; (2) to document and store this information; and (3) to communicate their observations in a credible fashion.

The Managers Guide to Coral Reef Restoration Planning and Management supports the needs of reef managers seeking to begin restoration or assess their current restoration program. Based on global best practices—and tested with managers from Hawaii, …