Coral Nursery
A coral restoration technique in which broken coral fragments are fixed to the seabed or floating frames and cultivated; once they reach a certain size, they are transplanted back to degraded reef areas.
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Establishing marine protected areas, restoring coral nurseries, and restricting destructive fishing methods have been proven in local waters to slow or even reverse the trend of coral degradation.
A coral nursery refers to a restoration method in which researchers fix broken coral branches on the seabed or on floating frames to cultivate them, and after they grow to a certain size, transplant them back to degraded reef areas.
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Establishing marine protected areas, restoring coral nurseries, and restricting destructive fishing methods have been proven in local waters to slow or even reverse the trend of coral degradation.
50%UnverifiedA coral nursery refers to a restoration method in which researchers fix broken coral branches on the seabed or on floating frames to cultivate them, and after they grow to a certain size, transplant them back to degraded reef areas.
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