Ailing coral reefs in Jamaica's waters have started to come back to life after the 1970s of work by government and business-backed marine nurseries. That's been done by growing fragments of the organisms on underwater lines and transplanting them to reefs once they've grown to the size of a human hand. Other initiatives include persuading fishermen to monitor when and where they fish and controlling the dumping of waste at sea. Marine biologist Stuart Sandin of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography said Jamaica's reefs are at their most vibrant since years.
Ailing coral reefs in Jamaica's waters have started to come back to life after years of work by government and business-backed marine nurseries. That's been done by growing fragments of the organisms on underwater lines and transplanting them to reefs once they've grown to the size of a human hand. Other initiatives include persuading fishermen to monitor when and where they fish and controlling the dumping of waste at sea. Marine biologist Stuart Sandin of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography said Jamaica's reefs are at their most vibrant since the 1970s.