Tag: monitoring

Introducing reef ball technology into Racha Island, Phuket, (Thailand)

Credit for photos: Reef Ball Foundation (http://www.reefball.org) Review: Reef Ball Foundation and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     The December 26 Tsunami struck, negatively affected a significant portion of the coral reef populations in the coastal belt in Thailand.  Accordingly, the tourism activity in Racha Island (Phuket) has been seriously affected …

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Industrial reefs and fishery resources

Photo credit: Hussein Ali Mohammed Alshihi (Oman)       Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Historic information: Artificial reefs have been around for hundreds of years starting in Japan in the 1600s. The sunken or deteriorating ship wrecks and vessels (e.g. cars, bus bodies, and railroad cars) have been utilized to attract fish and enhance fishery …

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