Helping coral reefs grow

Low (front centre) and some of the 40 divers involved in the project.

MERSING: To further beautify its private beach area and raise more corals for the benefit of the future generation, a group of volunteers and resort staff spent about three days on their first coral restoration project.

Care Luxury Hotels and Resorts (Care Luxury CARES) project leader Mohd Yahya Hamsain said the project aims to protect and conserve the coral reefs around Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort by harvesting and replanting a total of 66 coral nubbin of the acropora species.