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Marine Fisheries Enhancement CRC designs, creates and monitors high quality marine habitats offering nurseries and sanctuaries to targeted fish populations. |
CRC's established technique of marine fishery enhancement improves livelihoods at a local scale by enhancing natural biomass productivity, by creating sustainable habitats, and increasing coral recruitment through artificial propagation.
CRC's experience demonstrates habitat restoration or creation is especially effective in cases of insufficient critical habitats for shelter and food sources. Artificial propagation of coral is beneficial to boost stock rebuilding and where corals cannot reproduce naturally due to irremediable loss of critical habitat.
CRC's method of coral transplantation and protection helps to preserve coral reef biodiversity. This is essential for future generations, and economically important regarding tourism incomes or shoreline protection.
As a fundamental part of our solution, CRC organizes ongoing informational campaigns in order to educate fishermen, as well as children about the issues of coral reef conservation. Through the involvement of local communities, it's possible to strongly increase the effectiveness of the marine habitat enhancement project as well as heighten conservation awareness across the community.
