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| On the approach to Angafaru Marine Protected Area |
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| Reef Rangers gearing up... |
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| Ready to jump... |
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| Discussion about Marine Protected Areas |
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| The Reef Rangers Club! |
Friday, July 29, 2011
Reef Rangers 2: Marine Protected Areas
In the second week of the Reef Rangers club the 10 high school students from Maalhos learned first hand about Marine Protected Areas. The students were taken snorkelling at the beautiful Angafaru MPA in Baa Atoll where they took note of the huge diversity of corals, high coral cover, large numbers of fish, and the large sizes of individual fish such as grouper. The students were then taken to an impacted reef with very little live coral, high ammounts of sedimentation and very few fish. Back on board the boat the students discussed the differences between the two sites, the reasons why the reef can become so degraded and what each and every one of us can do to help.
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