The International Coral Reef Initiative declared 2018 the third International Year of the Reef. Whether you're on the coast or far inland, NOAA has resources to help you embrace this opportunity to teach about coral reefs and our global ocean.
![The forereef benthic community at Swains Island in American Samoa is dominated by an assemblage of plating Montipora and branching cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina). (Image credit: NOAA) The forereef benthic community at Swains Island in American Samoa is dominated by an assemblage of plating Montipora and branching cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina).](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20swains%20-%20021617%20-%20NOAA%20-%202240x1068%20-%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=iuYCCS-X)
The forereef benthic community at Swains Island in American Samoa is dominated by an assemblage of plating Montipora and branching cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina). (Image credit: NOAA)