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Artificial Coral Reef Farm
Location Targeted group Partners Activities and objectives
Walayat of Sur fishermen working in the Ministry of Agricultural and Designing and manufacturing
areas of Al-Sharqiya South Fisheries Wealth, and Water units of reinforced cement and
Governor Resources landing them in the sea to create
an artificial coral reef farm that
provides an suitable ground for the
reproduction and growth of marine
organisms
Results and outputs
• Establishing a coral reef farm in Walayat of Sur, consisting of 25 units of industrial reef that have been lowered to a depth of 23 meters,
covering a total area of 1,075 square meters
• Another coral reef farm is being constructed in the Walayat (phase two of the project), after the success of phase one
• Benefiting fishermen and founding new sites for practicing marine tourism activities such as fishing, snorkeling and diving
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