Tag: Reef
Thai Navy Releases Artificial Reefs in Sattahip to Help Protect Marine Wildlife
CHONBURI (NNT) – The Royal Thai Navy and its partners have successfully released 69 units of artificial coral reefs on the seabed of Koh Samae [Read More…]
Yellow-band disease outbreak detected in Sattahip coral reef
The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources has found a yellow-band disease outbreak at a coral reef in Sattahip in Chon Buri province. The department [Read More…]
3D Innovareef: Sculpture to Restore Thai Marine Ecosystem
The Veterinary Medical Aquatic Animal Research Center of Excellence (VMARCE), Chulalongkorn University has created Innovareef—lifelike cement-based structures, convenient for planula settlement and growth, accelerating recovery [Read More…]
Black-tip reef sharks sighted near Phi-Phi island beaches
A school of black-tip reef sharks has been sighted swimming in knee-deep water around the beaches of Phi-Phi islands, off the southern province of Krabi, [Read More…]
Phang Nga holds underwater survey before laying more artificial reefs
PHANG NGA, 20 February 2017 (NNT) – Related agencies in the southern province of Phang Nga have joined in an underwater survey in order to [Read More…]
Australian Opposition Leader pledges to save Great Barrier Reef
Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten, speaking in Cairns yesterday, pledged an A$500 million fund towards research and programs to help protect Australia’s environmental icon The [Read More…]
Coral bleaching found in many spots
BANGKOK, 22 May 2016 (NNT) – Marine and Coastal Resources Department found that 80 percent of coral reefs, mainly hump corals, began bleaching after sea [Read More…]
Andaman coral reef sites may close
Phuket — After being warned of possible coral bleaching in Thailand as a result of El Nino last year, the Department of Marine and Coastal [Read More…]
