Keywords: coral coral reef coralreef underwater diver scientist ocean coral restoration coralrestoration office of response and restoration officeofresponseandrestoration noaa nos national ocean service nationaloceanservice hawaii hawaii coral hawaiicoral m/v vogetrader mvvogetrader basket basket of coral basketofcoral loose coral loosecoral circle round texture Basket of loose corals collected from the area damaged by the VogeTrader’s grounding, where divers are removing rubble. Background: Emergency coral restoration is underway just outside the entrance to Hawaii’s Kalaeloa Harbor. NOAA and partners are working with the owners of the cargo vessel M/V VogeTrader to repair corals that were injured when the vessel accidentally lodged itself onto the reef one morning in 2010. (Original source and more information: NOAA Office of Response and Restoration Website) Basket of loose corals collected from the area damaged by the VogeTrader’s grounding, where divers are removing rubble. Background: Emergency coral restoration is underway just outside the entrance to Hawaii’s Kalaeloa Harbor. NOAA and partners are working with the owners of the cargo vessel M/V VogeTrader to repair corals that were injured when the vessel accidentally lodged itself onto the reef one morning in 2010. (Original source and more information: NOAA Office of Response and Restoration Website) |