[Coral-List] Vietnam bans scuba diving to protect a coral reef

[International Coral Reef Observatory]

Dear Vladimir,

Less people close to a coral reef, less coral broken, sewage and pollution
!! Ideally for effective recovery of a coral reef, the sites should be left
alone to retrieve to their initial stage if all the local threats are
stopped. In fact, all the causes of degradation are forcing the
decision makers to take this action of closing the area for protection. In
other areas of the world, the decision makers increase massive tourism,
dredging, enlarge ports and channels while investing in coral restoration
projects, some (not all) become Blue Washing or Shadow Projects that
justify unsustainable development and related coral reefs destruction.

In developing countries sewage goes directly to coral reefs, yes it is
difficult to understand from developed countries, but it is still
happening.
For these countries, it would be better to invest in waste management and
avoidance of dredging and other threats to coral reefs, than in restoration
projects, as money is limited. Regardless of the efforts of breaking coral
colonies from the wild, the cost of maintaining the outplants alive is very
high, as they need permanent cleaning and introducing herbivory to try to
control the excess of macroalgae and the rate of morbidity.

Cordial saludo,

Nohora Galvis
Multidisciplinary Researcher (Policy Science) to improve Coral reef
Conservation Effectiveness
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El vie, 8 jul 2022 a las 7:19, Kosmynin, Vladimir via Coral-List (<
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>) escribió:

> Steve,
>
> This is strange article about Vietnam banning diving in one of islands, I
> don't think we can really judge about what happened there based on that
> article published in Macaubusiness.com.   If you will look at the area, the
> diving probably makes the least harm for coastal ecology there. The island
> of Hon Mun is one of five larger islands and many more smaller ones located
> within about 10 km radius from large city and old resort Nha Trang. The
> resort development involves islands as well.  Indeed, there is a lot of
> pollution coming from the city and developed areas on islands, as well as
> from local agriculture. In addition to that there is extensive area of
> mariculture near Hon Mieu Island.  I think what Vietnamese government did,
> was creation of MPA around the least developed island of Hon Mun; the
> island also stays farther away from Nha Trang Bay and developed islands
> than other islands.  If it is MPA, would say this is right move, although
> it would not take away the problem of polluti
>  on. It would be interesting to hear about this ban from our Vietnamese
> colleagues and other scientists who works there.
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> Best regards,
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> Vladimir Kosmynin
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> Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 19:31:51 -0400
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> From: Steve Mussman <sealab at earthlink.net<mailto:sealab at earthlink.net>>
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> In my opinion, scuba diving does little direct harm to coral reefs. On the
> other hand, divers, like all tourists, most certainly contribute to the
> overall problem. I say this with mixed emotions while preparing my dive
> gear for an upcoming trip to my favorite reef after a prolonged hiatus.
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> Steve
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