Boats4Corals

Reef Catchments delivers Boats4Corals as part of the broader Inshore Resilience project. This initiative uses larval re-seeding to increase hard coral recruitment while building the regional skills needed for large-scale reef restoration.

Key project partners  

Australian Institute of Marine Science, Daydream Island, ZigZag Whitsundays, Ocean Rafting, Red Cat Adventures, Iconic Whitsunday Adventures. 

Our work 

A promising approach to the restoration of reefs has been ‘coral IVF’, the collection and strategic relocation of coral larvae to re-seed damaged reefs. Using this methodology, coral spawn is collected, incubated in floating larval pools for 5-7 days and then deployed onto target reefs. Studies indicate that this improves the chance of coral spawn surviving to adulthood from approximately 1 in 1 million, to 1 in 10,000. 

 

The Inshore Resilience project is part of the Natural Resource Management Expansion Package, funded by the Queensland Government.

Project contacts

Cass Hayward

Manager - Great Barrier Reef

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