Become certified to help a coral restoration propagation! 1 day workshop, introduction to Coral Restoration. Cost per person: $100 usd, suggested price, depending on location and circumstances. Workshop Itinerary 8:30am Breakfast 10:15am Registration 10:30am Ocean Quest Presentation followed by Q&A Session. 12:30pm ● Lunch 1:30pm ● Briefing on site. ● Workshop start (Demonstration) ● Preparations continue & Team will plant 4 different coral species. 3:00pm ● Workshop ends ● Certificate Presentation ● Group Photos 4:00pm ● Boat Depart for Day Trip participants. ● Overnight participants – free & easy. Thank you! Continue reading Workshop: Coral Restoration

This can be done with teams performing separate tasks, or if you don’t have many, two can do it all. Have the plan for how you are recreating the reef, so which species you’ll need to find and keep a balance. Send team A to find coral pieces that have been naturally broken off. These coral fragments would otherwise die in the sand, but once we pick them up we want to keep them alive. Just like scuba diving, where you can not ascend quickly, coral do not have lungs, so they must only ascend if needed, and then do … Continue reading 4. Coral fragments

At your site selection, dead coral fossils are best for new nursery to start. Plus you will also need substrate for the coral fragments to grow on, so you want a readily available stockpile to make the work easy, right? Now the easy and simple stuff, building the nursery! Look for substrate that is not partially buried in sand as removing it will weaken the sea floor and cause a lot of sand drifting in the surge thus destroying more habitat. Place the large coral skeletons in a long line going with the prevailing current, about 5 meters is plenty … Continue reading 3. Building the nursery

Latex Gloves to protect the coral from you (latex is natural and degrades, where as Nitrile etc. do not) Gloves to protect yourself from substrate cutting you Cotton gloves work well Mechanic style gloves are great, thin with rubber coating Super Glue type 2 (for surface method) Super Glue Gel? I haven’t tried yet, but want to try underwater. Lmk if you have tried it! Tubs to hold water while gluing Baskets to move substrate. Weights on baskets with belts is sometimes helpful! Especially deep Rope to hoist baskets Tie knots on the rope for 3 & 6 meter… depths … Continue reading Material recommendation

This is coral restoration, so it must be at a coral reef location that has been damaged. Sometimes the reef has been completely destroyed, but more commonly the reef has been getting smaller due to damaged areas. With this, a new nursery in the middle of a new rubble area could be a starting place to rebuilding the gap. You do not however want to place it too close to the living reef as to cause stress in either new or old, nor so that any possible disease would transfer between them. The rubble also creates the best substrate for … Continue reading 2. Site selection…

So the projects are simple in idea, but often complex in reality. It depends greatly on the location, because there is government, local people, dive operators, other organizations etc., and then of course, mother nature! Someplaces, where therehaven’t been destructive things to cause awareness, the government doesn’t seem to be an obstacle, but their support helps many things for the country and the environment, especially in the future. Having a monitored project can show the long term effect and positive impact. Also getting them to help ensures it’s success. Outside people or organizations generally can not sustain a local project … Continue reading 1. How a coral restoration site can start