Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity Foundation

Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity Foundation (previously The Caribbean Marine Biological Institute; commonly referred to as CARMABI Foundation[1][2] or just CARMABI) is a research organization in Curaçao, former Netherlands Antilles.

Its education and research programs include the ecological aspects of fisheries and coral reef sciences.

[6] Originally named the Caribbean Marine Biological Institute (CARMABI), the station was founded in 1955 at the bay's open end.

By 1970, its facility contained wet and dry laboratories, an aquarium, as well as four work rooms.

[8] CARMABI, the SECORE (SExual COral REproduction) Foundation and the Curaçao Sea-Aquarium jointly carried out a study in Curaçao, which involved developing the techniques needed to regenerate depauperate Acropora palmate in the entire area of the Caribbean.