Project Detail

Oracabessa Bay Marine Protected Area Coral Reef Restoration Marine Education and Livelihood Project

Oracabessa Bay Fish Sanctuary

Project Aims

  1. To provide the sanctuary patrol boat with a new engine to facilitate patrols within the sanctuary.
  2. To train and employ two locals as coral gardeners.
  3. Build and install three coral trees.
  4. To outplant 3000 corals on the reefs.

Project Outcomes

  • A new engine has been bought and is being used on a sanctuary patrol boat for patrols within the sanctuary.
  • Two locals have been trained and employed as coral gardeners.
  • One patrol boat has been retrofitted and refurbished.
  • Three coral trees have been built and installed in the sanctuary’s nursery.
  • Currently, 2,500 of the targeted 3,000 corals have been out planted by coral gardeners on reefs within the sanctuary.

 

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