The outline schedule for the European Coral Reef Symposium, taking place in Oxford (UK) from 13th-15th December, is now available and can be downloaded here.

Reef Conservation UK, organisers of the 2017 European Coral Reef Symposium, being held at the University of Oxford, UK, have announced that, with 500 delegates now registered, the conference is now full. No more places are available, but a waiting

The latest issue of Reef Encounter (the Society’s News Journal) has been published and is available for download as a high resolution copy (9 MB) HERE or a lower resolution copy (4.5 MB) HERE. The issue contains important society news

For the first time in its history, the Best Paper Award for the ISRS journal Coral Reefs (established 1982) is awarded jointly to two papers, authored by teams led by Ashley Frisch (James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) and Daniel Holstein

ISRS is pleased to announce that the Society’s Coulcil has approved the award of its 2017 awards and honors to the following members: Eminence in Research Award: Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and Tim McClanahan Mid-Career Award: Morgan Pratchett Young Scientist Award: Emily

REGISTRATION is now open for the ISRS European Coral Reef Symposium (ECRS), organised by Reef Conservation UK, to be held at Oxford University, from December 13th-15th, 2017. The information required to REGISTER for the conference can be found at the

As part of its remit, the ISRS Education Committee is developing a list of coral-reef related courses that may be of interest to professional researchers, graduate or undergraduate students and enthusiastic amateurs. A list of courses about which details have

ISRS is pleased to announce that the Society’s 2017 Graduate Fellowships have been awarded to the following graduate students: Ashani Arulananthan (Sri Lanka) Institution: Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Research topic: A Baseline Survey of

The latest issue of the Society’s Journal Coral Reefs (vol. 36, no. 1) has now been published by Springer. Members can access all articles free-of-charge via after logging in to their account on the membership services page: http://coralreefs.org/membership/membership-services/. The contents

By the 31st January deadline for receipt of applications for this year’s International Society for Reef Studies Graduate Fellowships, 24 applications had been received. If there are any applicants who have not received an acknowledgement by email they should contact