Phuket coral reef dive sites get helping hand to recover from mass tourism 

Eakkapop Thongtub

A total of 1,600 coral heads were added to the artificial reefs over a three-day effort this week, led by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) Phuket office, which concluded on Thursday (April 20).
 

Joining the DMCR Phuket team were officials from the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) and volunteer-diver students from the Prince of Songkla University Phuket Campus.

“This week, we fixed 800 corals to artificial reefs at each island,” explained Watcharin Thintalang, Director of DMCR Phuket’s Marine and Coastal Management Department.

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