First-ever clean-up of coral reefs in Cham Islands
The Management Board of the Cham Island Marine Protected Area in Hoi An city in central Quang Nam province finished a clean-up of the seabed to protect coral reefs in the waters of Cu Lao Cham (Cham Islands) on March 8 after a couple of days.
Cleaning up the seabed in Cu Lao Cham (Photo: baoquangnam.vn)
Quang Nam (VNA) - The Management Board of the
Cham Island Marine Protected Area in Hoi An city in central Quang Nam province finished
a clean-up of the seabed to protect coral reefs in the waters of Cu Lao Cham (Cham
Islands) on March 8 after a couple of days.
This was the first-ever clean-up to protect the coral
reefs from natural enemies and household waste.
Volunteers cleaned up coral reefs in Bai Tra, Bai Nan,
Bai Xep, and Bai Bac beaches and caught crown-of-thorns starfish, a natural
enemy of coral reefs.
The board also measured the vulnerability of marine
ecological systems and assessed vegetation coverage to identify specific
measures to protect the reefs./.