Tour operators in Australia are repurposing their empty vessels and giving back to the Great Barrier Reef.
While tourists stay at home, these Australian scuba tour operators are planting coral reefs.
Similar to any other place in the world, Australia’s tourism economy has also experienced an abrupt halt. The tour boats across the country are fixed in the harbors.
However, some companies have planned to repurpose the empty vessels and staff by initiating coral restoration missions across the Great Barrier Reef.
Passions of Paradise is one of the Australian dive tour operators that has volunteered to provide the ocean with additional care by planting coral reef along the Great Barrier Reef. This company has also stopped touring in an attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Scott Garden, the Chief Executive Offer, had a talk with Karryon, a travel industry publisher where he revealed that they have donated the latest catamaran Passion III along with fuel to this mission. This will help in taking the scientist and crew to the Hasting Reef.
He added that his company has been working closely with the team of Dr. David Sugett from the University of Technology in Sydney. The team is presently performing reef resilience research at one of the reef sites.
Scott said that he has been working along with Russel Hosp, the Passions of Paradise Environmental Sustainability Coordinator. He even visited sites many times to record the data for the project and to set the coral nursery.
Mr. Hosp, along with Kirsty Whitman, the Passions of Paradise marine biologists, is excited to provide their assistance with the project while their institutions are shutdown.
Moreover, Lorna Howlett, Ph.D. students, and the project coordinator revealed that the company was among the five reef companies who have taken a part in this project.
As of now, the team has planted around 1000 coral pieces on Hasting Reef under the coral nurture program. When the tours reopen, people will be welcomed by healthier marine life.
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