"REEF RELIEF is a global nonprofit membership organization dedicated to Preserving and Protecting Living Coral Reef Ecosystems."

To implement this mission, the REEF RELIEF Board of Directors has adopted the following goals:

Increase public awareness of the importance and value of living coral reef ecosystems;
Increase scientific understanding and knowledge of living coral reef ecosystems;
Strengthen grassroots community-based efforts to protect coral reef ecosystems;
Design, develop and help implement strategies for marine protected areas associated with coral reef ecosystems;
Encourage and support ecotourism as part of sustainable community development that protects and preserves coral
reef ecosystems;
Strengthen REEF RELIEF's organizational ability to meet this mission