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Mon, 04/25/2016 - 08:30
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Phuket to revive sea by planting artificial reefs

PHUKET, April 25 (TNA) -- Phuket province in the south of Thailand joined forces with the private sector to help revive the marine ecological system by planting over 120 artificial reefs at Pa Tong bay, aiming to use the man-made reefs to attract the spawning of new natural reefs. Kratu District Chief Sayun Chanachaiyawong, together with Deputy Navy Chief-of-Staff of the Third Naval Area Command Capt Kitti Yoskrai, Director of the Phuket-based southern regional office of the Marine and Coastal Resources Conservation Department Paitoon Panchaiyaphum, as well as the Pa Tong Municipality Office and Emerald Bay Co, Ltd on Saturday have attened the project to lay down artificial reefs near the Trai Trang Beach of Pa Tong Bay in Kratu district, targeting to help rejuvenate the local ecological system within the Pa Tong Bay tourist attractions. Mr Paitoon said, Pa Tong Bay had once been well known for its beautiful coral reefs, which were used as habitats for large and small marine animals, as well as an income generator for local fish mongers and haven for tourists. However, as the coastal reefs have started to decline, the number of marine life in the area have also dwindled. He said the government has then decided to join forces with private sector to initiate a project to revive the coastal reefs, where 120 square and dome-shape artificial reefs have been planted in an area of 0.4 acres with an aim to increase the area for natural coral reproduction. The project also entail the reviving of no less than 0.8 acres of existing coastal reefs back to their normal condition within the next 5 years, where artificial reefs planting would be carried out annually. (TNA)

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