Restoring the fragile coral reefs around Biri Island

Biridiver · Oct 6, 2014

Biri Initiative explores methods of sustainable fishing to help the local community optimize use of existing stocks while improving them for the future. This includes construction of a fish hatchery, an education center, and a plant for producing innovative artificial reef balls known as "reefbuds".

For more information go to: BIRI Initiative

marku · Oct 7, 2014

I'm a bit geographically chellenged; where is Biri?

rob1967 · Oct 8, 2014

Northern Samar. Quite far off the beaten path. There is very little tourist infrastructure there. I actually dove there a few years ago because I happened to be there for other reasons. But it's not really a dive destination per se.

p.s. Kudos to the Biri Initiative for trying to improve the health of their coral reefs!

marku · Oct 13, 2014

I checked out their website because the "fish hatchery" sounded intriguing. Anybody else a bit worried that they're actually harvesting larvae from the wild for grow-out? Some organisms may be dependent on zooplankton for sustenance; depleting that resource may have a negative effect on those organisms....

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