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Broken corals found in Kona are reattached

  • COURTESY DLNR
                                Nikki Smith, Division of Aquatic Resources aquatic biologist, secures a broken coral back to the reef at Makako Bay, North Kona, Hawaii island. One hundred fifty coral fragments broken off the reef were found along manta ray dive boat mooring lines in the bay.

    COURTESY DLNR

    Nikki Smith, Division of Aquatic Resources aquatic biologist, secures a broken coral back to the reef at Makako Bay, North Kona, Hawaii island. One hundred fifty coral fragments broken off the reef were found along manta ray dive boat mooring lines in the bay.

On Nov. 6, DAR staff on the Big Island responded to a report of numerous live coral fragments scattered below the base of a popular manta ray dive site mooring at Makako Bay, also known as Garden Eel Cove, in North Kona. Read more

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