From retrieving ghost nets to restoring living coral reefs – a collaborative model for marine restoration

From retrieving ghost nets to restoring living coral reefs – a collaborative model for marine restoration

‘We are the active eyes, we constantly see the changes, both positive and negative,’ Tony Scontrino told FairPlanet with the calm of someone who has decades of diving experience. His diving centre Saracen sits wedged between a fishmonger and a poultry shop on a narrow street in Isola delle Femmine, a small town on Sicily’s northwestern coast, just minutes from the sea.  In the same interview, Scontrino described witnessing a great deal underwate…

Sicilian Divers Combine Ghost Net Removal With Coral Restoration

Divers, marine scientists and conservationists are working together on a project in Sicily that combines the removal of abandoned fishing nets with underwater biodiversity monitoring and coral restoration. The initiative is centred around Isola delle Femmine on Sicily’s northwestern coast, where recreational divers, Sea Shepherd Italy volunteers and researchers from the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station are working together to tackle the impact of …